S5 Ep. 32: Happy Bastille Day: Will the Center Hold in France? Should It?

Poet Diane Louie and Editions Gallmeister editor Benjamin Guérif join Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss what recent losses by centrist President Emmanuel Macron’s party—combined with wins for the left and far right—mean for France’s political future. Guérif, a French citizen, and Louie, an American expat in Paris, talk about how small towns in France are faring economically and how the French view Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Louie also reads a selection of her prose poems from her 2020 collection, Fractal Shores.

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Selected Readings:

Diane Louie

• Fractal Shores

Benjamin Guérif

• Editions Gallmeister
• Actualitte
• Rat Noir

Others:

• French election: Six key takeaways as Macron falls short of an absolute majority | Euronews
• A Fragmented Parliament Brings Macron Back Down to Earth - The New York Times
• Who are the gilets jaunes and what do they want? | France | The Guardian
• ENSEMBLE! – Mouvement
• Rassemblement National
• NUPES-2022.fr
• What Do Dems Do Now? Thomas Frank on How the Left Can Counter a Rogue Supreme Court Season 5, Episode 31 of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast
• Gertrude Stein
• James Fenimore Cooper
• François Bon

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