Essays
Long-form writing on books, thought and the questions in between.
Philosophy, literature, mythology and criticism. Written slowly, revised often, published when ready.
The afterlife of ideas
Some arguments only become readable years after they were made. A reader can learn to wait for them.
Reading in two languages
What French teaches an English sentence, and the things it quietly declines to hand over.
MythologyMyth as infrastructure
The old stories that still organise a city, long after anyone believes them.
IdeasThe machine that cannot be bored
On attention, fiction and the strange patience of artificial minds.
WritingMarginalia
A short history of writing back to books, and of the readers who would not stay silent.
City noteGothenburg, November
Harbour light, library hours and the particular hush of a northern autumn.
City noteA Paris bookshop after rain
The streets around the Odéon at closing time, and the conversations that outlast them.
Essai · FrançaisLa bibliothèque la nuit
Sur les salles de lecture, et l’idée qu’une ville se fait d’elle-même quand elle laisse une fenêtre éclairée.