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Marginal Pilgrims

Dave Paquiot

Entre línguas. Entre mundos. Written from inside the crossing.

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48°51′04″N, 2°20′05″E · Église Saint-Sulpice · Paris, France · October 13, 2026


Mais où sont les neiges d’antan ?
— François Villon, Le Testament

My father and I had a book of French poetry. We read from it together, and when I got stuck on a word, he translated it for me. Villon was the hardest. His French...

8 days ago
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Do verbo esperançar


Desesperar

Cada língua que eu falo guarda um cômodo diferente da minha vida. O inglês é a língua do mercado: negócios, trabalho, contabilidade, acordos. O francês é a língua materna, do calor e da familiaridade; muitas das minhas...

10 days ago
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48.8475° N, 2.3316° E · Marin Montagut, Rue Madame, Paris, France

Limen limye a manman
Limen bobech la ti chou
Limen gridap la manman
Pou kab we kote m’ap mete pye’m
Ye oswa m’domi,rat la mode mwen nan pye
Wete’m ate a manman,poum kapab domi swa
— Coupé Cloué, Sweet Micky “Men Rat La”
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48.8509° N, 2.3425° E · Monoprix, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, France


Missed the beginning? Start with Part I

Across from the Bookstore

In Part I, I left a question on a shelf in Marseille: who decides what reaches it? I didn’t expect to pick it up again in the Latin Quarter, with sore feet.

We...

11 days ago
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[FLAGSHIP ESSAY] Qui dit argent dit dépenses… qui dit crédit dit créance


French Version

My daughter and I have a nightly ritual. Before bed, we read a story or listen to music together. A few weeks before our trip to France, I played her the video for Stromae’s “Alors on danse,” and we both fell for it....

11 days ago
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