Jacques Roubaud on Math and the Art of Literary Invention

Adventurous heroines, abstract algebra, a poetics of grief, OULIPO, and the ongoing memoir of a grand project

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If you’ve never heard the name “Jacques Roubaud,” just use any of these substitutions:

• “Emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X-Nanterre”