The newly published transcription of Foucault’s 1972 course in Buffalo, two autobiographical accounts by Georges Duby, Elaine Stratford’s remarkable book The Drowned: Elements of Loss and Repair, Ghassan Hage, Pierre Bourdieu’s Political Economy of Being, and the two volumes of Clémence Ramnoux’s Œuvres.

I wrote an endorsement of Elaine’s book, and this copy was sent by the publisher. Duke University Press kindly send a copy of Hage’s book on Bourdieu. The others were bought, with the Duby ones second-hand. Foucault’s 1972 course is reviewed by Leonhard Riep in the next issue of Foucault Studies, alongside a piece by me on what else is revealed by the University at Buffalo archives about his two visits there. There is a shorter summary here. I’m working on a short piece about Ramnoux for the Sunday Histories series; an earlier piece looked at one aspect of Bourdieu’s career.