KA Dilday

KA Dilday worked on the New York Times opinion page until autumn 2005, when she began a writing fellowship with the Institute of Current World Affairs. During the period of the fellowship, she is travelling between North Africa and France. KA Dilday is currently planning a New York office for openDemocracy.

The writer and politics: Peter Handkes choice

On 15 July 2003, Roberto Bolaño's liver marked a turbulent half-century by failing. The Chilean writer's death at the age of 50 was noted by a

By KA Dilday

/ 13 Jun 2006

A question of class, race, and France itself: reply to Richard Wolin

Anyone who lives in France, as I do, has by now grown weary of writing about or discussing the contrat première embauche (CPE, or "first employment contract"). March

By KA Dilday

/ 3 May 2006

The labour of others

There are a few passages that I will always remember from my time as an editor at the opinion page of the New York Times. Some were just beautifully crafted,

By KA Dilday

/ 5 Apr 2006

The worth of illusion

In the United States, a lawsuit has been filed against the internet ad site Craigslist for violating fair-housing practices. Cited in the lawsuit were ads for roommates that said such

By KA Dilday

/ 15 Mar 2006

Europes forked tongues

I'm not the first to observe that the physical nature of movement internationally has become much easier in the past century. But in other aspects the movement of

By KA Dilday

/ 16 Feb 2006

A question of class

One of the reasons I moved to France was to get away from the materialism of black American culture. By no means is materialism in the United States limited to

By KA Dilday

/ 13 Jan 2006

France seeks a world voice

On 1 December 2005 the French government finally announced that a dream of President Jacques Chiracs, an international news channel, would become a reality. Chirac has spoken of the

By KA Dilday

/ 8 Dec 2005

Judith Miller's race: the unasked question

My mandate for this column is to write about global affairs, but I was asked gently by my editor if I might like to say anything about black history month

By KA Dilday

/ 25 Oct 2005

Rebranding America

On 25 September, Karen Hughes, the recently confirmed under-secretary of state for public diplomacy for the United States, began her first tour with a note of humility: I hope to

By KA Dilday

/ 28 Sep 2005

Art and suffering: four years after 9/11

The fourth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in New York is approaching. For those New Yorkers without the constant reminder of a missing presence, a loved one

By KA Dilday

/ 30 Aug 2005

The freedom trail

As I prepare to leave New York and my position at the New York Times for a self-imposed exile, I wonder whether my time abroad will be longer than the

By KA Dilday

/ 3 Aug 2005

Jacques Derrida: life beyond the margins

I still have Jacques Derridas voice captured in my answering machine: Hello, this is a message for Kay Dilday, from Jacques Derrida, from Paris. When he called, it had

By KA Dilday

/ 20 Oct 2004