Becca Rothfeld on feminism today; Maya Binyam discusses her novel “Hangman” at Skylight Books
At the Paris Review, Jaqueline Feldman looks into how Parisian bookshops are preparing for next summer’s Olympics. “With a diving suit and helmet,” said one bookseller, “and with dark glasses, earplugs, and a plan for survival and retreat to the countryside. I hate sport. That’s personal, but I hate sport.”
For The Nation, J. Howard Rosier interviews Adam Shatz about his recent book Writers and Missionaries, which collects essays on Kamel Daoud, Edward Said, Michel Houellebecq, Roland Barthes, and Richard Wright, among others. In their conversation, Shatz compares his subjects to musicians: