Education:B.A., M.A., University of Geneva, Switzerland |
Fields of Research:XXth and XXIst-century fiction, autobiography, literature and psychoanalysis, animal studies |
My fields of research and teaching include 20th and 21st century French literature, life writing, and animal studies. I am also involved in creative writing. My latest book, Tout garder, is a personal essay on hoarding. Press reviews can be found here. My French translation of Carol Anshaw’s Aquamarine came out this Fall. Every winter, I direct a language immersion program for Rutgers students in Aix-en-Provence, France.
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Other Publications:
- "The Autobiographical Pact, Forty-Five Years Later." The European Journal of Life Writing. Special issue: A Festschrift for Philippe Lejeune. Volume VII (2018): 51-56.
- “Du Sommaire au Moindre: l'humanité en fuite.” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Sites 16.4 (2012): 517-524.
- "James Ellroy." The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Fiction. D. Madden, L. Nieland, and P. O'Donnell, eds. New York and London, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- “L’autre face du monde: à propos d’Anne-Marie Garat.” Women in French Studies 18 (2010): 83-100.
- “Sur le dos du goéland: petite poétique de Jean Rouaud.” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Sites 14.3 (2010): 257-266.
- "Amies mortelles: autobiographie et résistance à la psychanalyse." MLN 123.4 (2008): 777-796.
- “L’auteur est dans l’escalier: une relecture de La promesse de l’aube de Romain Gary.” Les Lettres Romanes LXI 61.3-4 (2007): 335-348.
- “Annie Ernaux: à la serpe, à l’aiguille et au couteau.” The Romanic Review 97.2 (June 2006): 201-212.
- “A Tooth For a Private Eye: James Ellroy's Detective Fiction.” The Journal of Popular Culture 39.3 (May 2006): 349-364.
- "La Voix du Paradis ou la Québécitude de Jack Kerouac." Etudes françaises 40.1 (2004): 131-148.
- "Reading Prohibited: The Politics of Yourcenar's Prefaces." Subversive Subjects: Reading Marguerite Yourcenar. J. Holland Sarnecki and I. Majer O'Sickey, eds. Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (2004): 77-100.
- "Au défaut des mères: Duras, Yourcenar et la question de la création littéraire." The French Review 75.5 (April 2002): 891-902.
- "A/Lexis: le silence dans Alexis ou le Traité du Vain Combat." Roman 20-50, 30 (December 2000): 153-163.
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Awards and Distinctions:
- Tout garder was short-listed for the Prix Médicis de l’essai in 2022.
- La plume de l'ours was short-listed for the Prix Goncourt du premier roman in 2013.
- SAS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Education. Rutgers University. (2011)
- Corson French Prize. Cornell University. (1998 and 1995)
