LitHub Daily: November 16, 2015

• French historian Arlette Farge remembers Michel Foucault on the streets of Paris. | Literary Hub
• There is never any ending to Paris, city of light and art. | Literary Hub
• “Now, we are all Parisians and that at least, in a dark time, is a matter of pride.” Ian McEwan (and others) on the horrific attacks in Paris. | Edge.org
• To form the English language: Germanize Celtic, sprinkle liberally with the verb “do,” filter through Old Norse, add French and Latin, let sit for 1,600 years. | Aeon
• How should the novel be? On global literature, magical realism, and Eka Kurniawan’s Beauty is a Wound. | Full Stop
• On Don Quixote, novel-errant battered by tasks beyond its strength (but made better for the effort). |  New Criterion
• “Who the fuck asks anyone to write a poem?” Saul Williams on writing a book about America, activism, and middle-finger-themed poems. | BuzzFeed Books
• On Susan Sontag’s cultural conservation and posthumously published diaries. | Muse India
• Discussing Marilynne Robinson’s discussion with Obama with Marilynne Robinson. | The Guardian
• The Anne Frank Fonds is attempting to extend the copyright of The Diary of Anne Frank by crediting her father as a co-author. | The New York Times

Also on Literary Hub: The ever-expanding world of David Mitchell · Birthed by peace activists, looking to the future: a look inside Kepler’s Books · The ghost of Teddy Roosevelt showed up at Saturday’s Democratic Debate · After the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, Mark Molesky’s This Gulf of Fire