LIBRE/FREE EXPRESSION

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LIBRE/FREEEXPRESSION Tabousetcensures,dogmesetdictatures,lesentravesàlalibertéd’expression adoptentplusieursformesetrestentbienprésenteencedébutde3emillénaire. Pourq?-cedel’autocensure?Est-cequetoutn’estbonàdireouàlire? uoi Est Combattrecesentravesestuneraisond’êtreduPanoptiquelaàtnprasaofmre,ta foiswebetdémocratiquequeparsonfondouvertetcritique.Partager l’information,quellequ’ellesoit,constitueprobablementl’uniquemoyende dédramatisercequenouspeinonsàaccepterchezsoietchezlesautres.C’est aussilaseulevoiepossiblepourenfinparveniràserespectertelquenous sommessansjouerà l’autruche.Carsilaseule intolérancejustifiée constitue une réaction à une autreintolérance,alors l’escaladeestdangereuse. Resteratoujoursaux individusdes’approprier cetteliberté.C’estundroit, maisaussiundevoirdele faire.Encesens,lesarticles présentésiciincarnentce dontilsdiscutent. Danscenuméro/Inthisissue

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LePanoptique MorePerspective Libre/FreeExpression Fictionsofmemory/Memoriesoffiction byFionaFoster,August2008

Terrorismhasruinedthefictionmarket,accordingtopublishers.The book-buyingpublicdescendsontitleslikeThePost-AmericanWorldand Collapse:HowSocietiesChoosetoFailorSucceed,andfictioniscastonce againassomethingpleasantandchildishtobeputasidewhenthingsget serious.AuthorandsculptorD.L.Alvarez,writingfromthemarginsof literature,putsthelietoourgenericbias.

Attheendof2005,theGlobeandMailreportedthatthebook-buyingpublichad abandonedfictioninfavourofnon-fiction.Aswithmostculturaltrendsatthe time,thephenomenonwasexplainedviaal-Qaedaand“theeventsofSeptember 11,2001.”LiteraryagentAnnMcDermidwasquotedassaying,«Peopleare worriedaboutotherthingsnow,andaremoreinterestedinbuyingbooksthattell themabouttheworld»(1).

Ifcurrentpoliticalinsecurityisthecauseofatougherfictionmarket,itisonly incidentallyso.Thecriticismthatartisaculturalsuperfluityunlicensedtospeak truthisasoldasartitself;but,asoftenasarthasbeendiscountedasabourgeois indulgenceorapackoflies,ithasbeenextolledasthememoryandvoiceofa culture.Myquestionis:Can’titbeboth?

In2003,expatriateAmericanwriterandvisualartistD.L.Alvarezpublisheda pairofshortprosepieces,oneapersonalessayandtheotherashortstory.The complementaryrelationshipbetweenthesetwo,bothpreoccupiedwiththe creativepropertiesofmemory,providessomemuch-needednuancetothe questionoftruthclaimsinfiction.

Alvarezisdecidedlyoutsideofthebooksellingestablishment.Originallypartof SanFrancisco’sexperimentalNewNarrativescene,itselfwayoffthemass- marketradar,hehaspublishednobooksofhisownandisnowbasedinBerlin, workingprimarilyasasculptor.ButAlvarez’sveryunsaleabilitymakeshis perspectiveonmemoryandfictionallthemorevalid.Asanauthornotlikelyto

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