Editing Jean Genet (section)

===Essays on politics===
;Collected in ''L'Ennemi déclaré: textes et entretiens'' (1991) – ''The Declared Enemy'' (2004)
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''1960s''
* "Interview with Madeleine Gobeil for ''Playboy''", April 1964, pp.&nbsp;45–55.
* "Lenin's Mistresses" ("Les maîtresses de Lénine"), in ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', n° 185, 30 May 1968.
* "The members of the Assembly" ("Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale"), in ''Esquire'', n° 70, November 1968.
* "A Salute to a Hundred Thousand Stars" ("Un salut aux cent milles étoiles"), in ''Evergreen Review'', December 1968.
* "The Shepherds of Disorder" ("Les Pâtres du désordre"), in ''Pas à Pas'', March 1969, pp. vi–vii.

''1970s''
* "Yet Another Effort, Frenchman!" ("Français encore un effort"), in ''L'Idiot international'', n° 4, 1970, p.&nbsp;44.
* "It seems Indecent for Me to Speak of Myself" ("Il me paraît indécent de parler de moi"), Conference, Cambridge, 10 March 1970.
* "Letter to American Intellectuals" ("Lettres aux intellectuels américains"), talk given at the University of Connecticut, 18 March 1970. first published as "Bobby Seale, the Black Panthers and Us White People", in ''Black Panther Newspaper'', 28 March 1970.
* Introduction to George Jackson's book, ''[[Soledad Brother (book)|Soledad Brother]]'', Coward-McCann, New York, 1970.
* May Day Speech, speech at New Haven, 1 mai 1970. San Francisco: City Light Books. Excerpts published as "J'Accuse" in ''Jeune Afrique'', November 1970, and ''Les Nègres au port de la lune'', Paris: Editions de la Différence, 1988.
* "Jean Genet chez les Panthères noires", interview with Michèle Manceau, in ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', n° 289, 25 May 1970.
* "Angela and Her Brothers" ("Angela et ses frères"), in ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', n° 303, 31 août 1970.
* "Angela Davis is in your Clutches" ("Angela Davis est entre vos pattes"), text read 7 October 1970, broadcast on TV in the program ''L'Invité'', 8 November 1970.
* "Pour Georges Jackson", manifesto sent to French artists and intellectuals, July 1971.
* "After the Assassination" ("Après l'assassinat"), written in 1971, published for the first time in 1991 in ''L'Ennemi déclaré: textes et entretiens''.
* "America is Afraid" ("L'Amérique a peur"), in ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', n° 355, 1971. Later published as "The Americans kill off Blacks", in ''Black Panther Newspaper'', 4 September 1971.
* "The Palestinians" ("Les Palestiniens"), Commentary accompanying photographs by Bruno Barbey, published in ''Zoom'', n° 4, 1971.
* "The Black and the Red", in ''Black Panther Newspaper'', 11 September 1971.
* Preface to ''L'Assassinat de Georges Jackson'', published in ''L'Intolérable'', booklet by [[Groupe d'information sur les prisons|GIP]], Paris, Gallimard, 10 November 1971.
* "Meeting the Guaraní" ("Faites connaissance avec les Guaranis"), in ''Le Démocrate véronais'', 2 juin 1972.
* "On Two or Three books No One Has Ever Talked About" ({{lang|fr|"Sur deux ou trois livres dont personne n'a jamais parlé"}}), text read on 2 May 1974, for a radio program on ''France Culture''. Published in ''L'Humanité'' as "Jean Genet et la condition des immigrés", 3 May 1974.
* "When 'the worst is certain'" ("Quand 'le pire est toujours sûr'"), written in 1974, published for the first time in 1991 in ''L'Ennemi déclaré: textes et entretiens''.
* "Dying Under Giscard d'Estaing" ("Mourir sous Giscard d'Estaing"), in ''L'Humanité'', 13 May 1974.
* "And Why Not a Fool in Suspenders?" ("Et pourquoi pas la sottise en bretelle?"), in ''L'Humanité'', 25 May 1974.
* "The Women of Jebel Hussein" ("Les Femmes de Djebel Hussein"), in ''Le Monde diplomatique'', 1 July 1974.
* Interview with Hubert Fichte for ''Die Zeit'', n° 8 February 13, 1976.
* "The Tenacity of American Blacks" ("La Ténacité des Noirs américains"), in ''L'Humanité'', 16 April 1977.
* "Chartres Cathedral" ("Cathédrale de Chartres, vue cavalière"), in ''L'Humanité'', 30 June 1977.
* "Violence and Britality" ("Violence et brutalité"), in ''Le Monde'', 2 September 1977. Also published as preface to ''Textes des prisonniers de la Fraction Armée rouge et dernières lettres d'Ulrike Meinhof'', Maspero, Cahiers libres, Paris, 1977.
* "Near Ajloun" ("Près d'Ajloun") in ''Per un Palestine'', in a collection of writing in memory of [[Wael Zouateir]], Mazzota, Milan, 1979.
* "Interview with Tahar Ben Jelloun", ''Le Monde'', November 1979.

''1980s''
* Interview with Antoine Bourseiller (1981) and with Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (1982), distributed as a videocassettes in the series ''Témoin''. Extracts published in ''Le Monde'' (1982) and ''Le Nouvel Observateur'' (1986).
* "Four Hours in Shatila" ("Quatre heures à Chatila"), in ''Revue d'études palestiniennes'', 1 January 1983.
* Registration No. 1155 (N° Matricule 1155), text written for the catalogue of the exhibition ''La Rupture'', Le Creusot, 1 March 1983.
* Interview with Rudiger Wischenbart and [[Layla Shahid Barrada]] for Austrian Radio and the German daily ''Die Zeit''. Published as "Une rencontre avec Jean Genet" in ''Revue d'études palestiniennes'', Autome 1985.
* Interview with Nigel Williams for [[BBC]], 12 November 1985.
* "The Brothers Karamazov" ("Les Frères Karamazov"), in ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'', October 1986.

;Other collected essays
* "The [https://resonanceaudiodistro.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/the-criminal-child-audiozine/ Criminal Child]" ("L'Enfant criminel"). Written in 1949, this text was commissioned by RTF (French radio) but was not broadcast due to its controversial nature. It was published in a limited edition in 1949 and later integrated into Volume 5 of ''Oeuvres Completes''.

;Uncollected
* "What I like about the English is that They Are such Liars…", in ''Sunday Times'', 1963, p.&nbsp;11.
* "Jean Genet chez les Panthères noires", interview with F.-M. Banier, in ''Le Monde'', 23 October 1970.
* "Un appel de M. Jean Genet en faveur des Noirs américains", in ''Le Monde'', 15 October 1970.
* "Jean Genet témoigne pour les Soledad Brothers", in ''La Nouvelle Critique'', June 1971.
* "The Palestinians" (Les Palestiniens), first published as "Shoun Palestine", Beyrouth, 1973. First English version published in ''Journal of Palestine Studies'' (Autumn, 1973). First French version ("Genet à Chatila") published by Actes Sud, Arles, 1994.
* "Un héros littéraire: le défunt volubile", in ''La Nouvelle Critique'', juin-juillet 1974 and ''Europe-Revue littéraire Mensuelle'', Numéro spécial Jean Genet, n° 808–809 (1996).
* "Entretien avec Angela Davis", in ''L'Unité'', 23 mai 1975.
* "Des esprits moins charitables que le mien pourraient croire déceler une piètre opération politique", in ''L'Humanité'', 13 août 1975.
* "L'art est le refuge", in ''Les Nègres au Port de la Lune'', Paris: Editions de la Différence, 1988, pp.&nbsp;99–103.
* "Sainte Hosmose", in ''Magazine littéraire'', Numéro spécial Jean Genet (n° 313), September 1993.
* "Conférence de Stockholm", in ''L'Infini'', n° 51 (1995).
* "La trahison est une aventure spirituelle", in ''Le Monde'', 12 July 1996, p.&nbsp;IV.
* "Ouverture-éclair sur l´Amérique", in ''Europe-Revue littéraire Mensuelle'', Numéro spécial Jean Genet, n° 808–809 (1996).
* "Réponse à un questionnaire", in ''Europe-Revue littéraire Mensuelle'', Numéro spécial Jean Genet, n° 808–809 (1996).
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