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Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

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What We Remember When <br>We Walk in the City

What We Remember When
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Lauren Elkin on the Yearning to Leave an Imprint

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Sigrid Undset's Doomed Flâneuse is
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Lauren Elkin on Jenny, a Novel of Rome

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Notre Dame on Fire: Toward the Symbol <br>at the Center of a City

Notre Dame on Fire: Toward the Symbol
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Languages Cannot Be Assimilated or Colonized, for They Contain Multitudes

Lauren Elkin on Translation as Transhumance

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Lessons From Parisian Protest Culture

Lessons From Parisian Protest Culture

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