#French

Sam Darling

Jul 19, 20174 min read

Anti-Asian racism

It’s this weird thing that my thoroughly continental childhood had a slight Asian flavor to it, although it’s not something I generally...

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Sam Darling

Sep 9, 20161 min read

Nous a French pop song from 1978 by Hervé Vilard

I had an auditory flashback whereby I realized why Bowie’s 1971 Life on Mars always felt familiar to me yet not quite right. Because I...

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Sam Darling

Jan 27, 20162 min read

Family rumors and famous wine

It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. You’ll recall I had a grandmother who escaped a concentration camp. In my historical digging I’ve learned...

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Sam Darling

Nov 5, 20151 min read

Helene on the radio in 1959

I had a fair number of technical difficulties with this entry as the reel-to-reel from 1959 was damaged. You’ll hear some interference...

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Sam Darling

Oct 21, 20151 min read

Beach vacation 1940s France

Palavas-les-Flots is a French seaside resort south of Montpelier. My mother, along with her mother and new stepfather, spent a summer...

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Sam Darling

Jan 9, 20152 min read

French racism

Virtually everyone I know, in a virtual manner, has renamed themselves Charlie this week. #jesuischarlie The gruesome murder of staffers...

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Sam Darling

Nov 21, 20141 min read

Fifties Americana

No one is more American than an immigrant. I think of my family when the US immigration reform discussion crops up again because we are...

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