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Distinguished Professor Emeritus, French, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1990-2019. Currently residing in Novi, MI, teaching yoga and translating, co-director of the Deleuze Seminars archive, deleuze.cla.purdue.edu.

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Charles J. Stivale's Blog: Ongoing Research

Forthcoming translation, Deleuze On Painting

Although I'm not one to toot my own horn, I suppose maintaining a blog isn't the best way not to do so! In any event, the U of Minn Press marketing would like me to provide prepublication info about Deleuze's On Painting, for which I'm the lead translator. So here is the pre-order link:
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	Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gilles Deleuze's ABCs: The Folds of Friendship 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music and Dance 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Rupture: Narrative Desire and Duplicity in the Tales of Guy De Maupassant really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	La temporalité romanesque chez Stendhal : L'échafaudage de la bâtisse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern French Literary Studies in the Classroom: Pedagogical Strategies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oeuvre de sentiment, oeuvre de combat - la trilogie de Jules Vallès 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Works & Days 25/26, Spring/Fall 1995, 13, Nos. 1 & 2: CyberSpaces: Pedagogy and Performance on the Electronic Frontier 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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