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The End of the Charlie Hebdo Manhunt and Joe Sacco’s Cartoon Commentary on...
Since Wednesday, the Internet has been overrun with coverage of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and the subsequent manhunt that ensued. Now that the manhunt has ended with the death of three suspects and an...
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Understanding ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in the Context of French Society: A Reading List
Now that the wave of American media thinkpieces about French affairs and the shocking Charlie Hebdo massacre has begun to abate, we’re starting to move beyond the immediate urge to fit the tragedy into...
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A Week On, ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Has Become a Symbol of Everything and Nothing
A week ago, 12 people were murdered in cold blood at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. In the seven days since, the magazine has become a symbol of… well, of what, exactly? It all...
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Jonathan Chait Doesn’t Really Care About Free Speech
“Can a white male liberal critique the country’s current political-correctness craze (which, by the way, hurts liberals most)?” asks the print-edition subtitle of New York Magazine pundit Jonathan...
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Fifty Shades of Michel Houellebecq
Wednesday evening, on the cusp of a snowstorm, a coterie of Francophiles and French expatriates gathered at Albertine bookstore on New York’s Upper East Side, just a few blocks from the French Embassy...
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PEN and Salman Rushdie’s Disappointing Response to Authors Who Refuse to...
Six writers — Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner, Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, Peter Carey, and Taiye Selasi — will withdraw as literary hosts from the PEN American Center’s annual gala in response to the...
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Does ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserve PEN’s Freedom of Expression Courage Award? A...
Earlier this week, six authors — Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner, Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, Peter Carey, and Taiye Selasi — announced their withdrawal as literary hosts of this year’s PEN America...
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Death from Above: Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ Speculates on the End of...
A controversy you know about in advance, more often than not, doesn’t become one. So it’s no big surprise that Michel Houellebecq’s Submission, translated by Lorin Stein and published yesterday by FSG,...
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‘Charlie Hebdo’ Commemorates Anniversary of Terror Attack with Special Edition
French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo released the cover of its special edition commemorating upcoming one-year anniversary of the terror attack on its Paris newsroom Monday. The cover of the issue,...
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Satire, Terrorism, and Why We Need to Understand ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in All Its...
When something awful happens, our immediate reaction is generally to wring our hands and look at the sky and ask, “Why?” It’s often far less clear, however, whether we want a genuine answer to that...
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