Dumas de Demain: The French Literary Magazine Vol. 7

It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or
perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the
mirror of another loving, caring human being.
When we created Dumas de Demain, it was with the intention of bringing
together Francophones and Francophiles from across the world, creating a
community united by our shared love of the French language. All these years
later, and we are still so thrilled that each of you are joining us here on the
page.
be times continue to present challenges to our best efforts to connect, but I
have been astounded at the flexibility of our creativity, the many thrilling and
dynamic ways we have stretched to meet each other against all odds in a
deeply disconnected time. We have celebrated milestones over video calls,
and we’ve written letters; we’ve found our way back to old methods of
communicating and we’ve invented new ones.
We have collected these poems and works of prose together in this edition
because we believe that each of them reflects a unique perspective on what
togetherness means — togetherness through translation or togetherness
through identifying shared experience, myth, or collective memory. Either
reflecting in the midst of togetherness or meditating on its absence. bere are
as many ways of writing a poem as there are ways of being together. In these
pages, you will find just a few of our favorites.
We were lucky enough to work with talented writers and editors to create this
7th volume of Dumas de Demain. We hope you find something that resonates
with you in these pages. bank you for being here. All of us together here,
wherever you may be.
— Emma Michalak
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