Cover Photo: a grey-brown bronze statue of Michel de Montaigne, depicted here as an aging man with a bald head, a mustache, and short beard, wearing a neck ruff, robes, and a chain of office
Photograph by Jim Hobbs/Flickr

My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living

When my father died in 2012, I inherited his well-read copy of Montaigne’s ‘Essais.’

Essais

EssaisLibrary of . . .

Essais

Essais

French Without Toilun papale papamon papa

We’ll see if she becomes a Francophile like me!What do I know?

Le Monde diplomatique

Le Monde diplomatiquel’arabe, une “langue de France” sacrifiéeles révolutions de Rousseau

Essais

Essais

Ann Tashi Slater's work  has been published by The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, Guernica, Tin House, AGNI, Granta, and the HuffPost, among others, and she's a contributing editor at Tricycle. She recently finished a memoir about reconnecting with her Tibetan roots. Visit her at: www.anntashislater.com.