Discover the bibliography!
The invitation to participate in the team of readers for the Bibliography for the forthcoming NLS Congress 2026 was accepted by many colleagues, new and less new to the work in our School, with a lot of enthusiasm.
Starting from each one’s personal selection of suggestions of texts and books — (only those published in English) by Freud, Lacan, Jacques-Alain Miller and Éric Laurent related to the theme of Variations of Truth – a list of over 140 proposed titles was compiled. Then, twenty-three readers took as many texts as they wanted under their wing to extract quotes.
The orientation guiding the selection of quotes was very clear:
Be selective. Keep it short. Choose interesting quotes. Choose the surprise.
Let us imagine ourselves as the reader of the bibliography. We prefer a document that is engaging and easy to consult; with entries that we are delighted to discover or rediscover.
A small editing team, Dana Tor, Anna de Filippi and I, made sure the selection was a good representation of the variety in which the theme of Varity could be interpreted. The rubric titles for the Blog helped us group together categories of themes. We observed the principle of the not all: not all texts would ultimately be usable, not all quotes would be chosen. Leaning on Patricia Bosquin-Caroz’ congress argument, certain texts and quotes opened very enriching reflections about “truth”. The term had to be situated again and again in its proper symbolic dimension. We re-distributed quotes to this rubric or another, we cut those that repeated a similar thought or were not concise, and we made any editorial decisions together, letting the variety of truths find their expression.
And so, with the diligent work of a bunch of keen readers, we were able to deliver not only a functionable and reliable bibliography, but one we enjoyed and that we are proud to offer to everyone in our community and beyond.
Wishing you an interesting read, in preparation for your submissions of a short text for the blog or a case study for the Congress!
Natalie Wülfing
