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SUMMARY:[FULL] Evenings with an Author: Hollis Clayson [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:This event is now FULL\, thank you for your understanding.\n\n*Covid-19 Update: This fall\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up.\n\nHollis Clayson will be speaking about her latest book\, Illuminated Paris: Essays on Art and Lighting in the Belle Epoque. She will explain her interest in artificial lighting technologies and highlight the artworks that most fascinated her and informed her work.\n\nDr. Clayson is Professor of Art History and Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University\, where she has taught for 30+ years. Trained at Wellesley and UCLA\, she specializes in Paris-based art practices. Her books include Painted Love\, Paris in Despair\, and Is Paris Still the Capital of the Nineteenth Century? In 2014\, she was named a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Ministry of Culture.\n\n*The Library has a limited number of copies of Illuminated Paris: Essays on Art and Lighting in the Belle Epoque available for purchase\, at a special discounted rate of 20 euros (list price 50 euros). Please email programs@americanlibraryinparis.org to reserve yours. Payment and pick up at the Library\, with details to be communicated by email upon reservation of the book.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-holly-clayson/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Alice Jardine [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This fall\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \n \n  \nPlease join us as we welcome Alice Jardine\, author of At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva. \nAt the Risk of Thinking is the first biography of Julia Kristeva–one of the most celebrated intellectuals in the world. Alice Jardine brings Kristeva’s work to a broader readership by connecting Kristeva’s personal journey\, from her childhood in Communist Bulgaria to her adult life as an international public intellectual based in Paris\, with the history of her ideas. Informed by extensive interviews with Kristeva herself\, this telling of a remarkable woman’s life story also draws out the complexities of Kristeva’s writing\, emphasizing her call for an urgent revival of bold interdisciplinary thinking in order to understand–and to act in–today’s world. \nDr. Jardine is Professor of Studies of Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality and of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Her publications include The Future of Difference\, Gynesis: Configurations of Woman and Modernity\, Living Attention: On Teresa Brennan\, and\, as translator\, Julia Kristeva’s Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art. \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-alice-jardine/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200916T193000
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Mamta Chaudhry in conversation with Russell Banks [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This fall\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nMamta Chaudhry’s debut novel\, Haunting Paris\, is set in Paris in 1989. Alone in her luminous apartment on Île Saint-Louis\, Sylvie discovers a mysterious letter among her late lover’s possessions\, launching her into a decades-old search for a child who vanished in the turbulence of the Second World War. She is unaware that she is watched over by Julien’s ghost\, his love for her powerful enough to draw him back to this world\, though doomed now to remain a silent observer. Sylvie’s quest leads her deep into the secrets of Julien’s past\, shedding new light on the dark days of Nazi-occupied Paris. A timeless story of love and loss\, Haunting Paris matches emotional intensity with lyrical storytelling to explore grief\, family secrets\, and the undeniable power of memory. \nThe book has been praised as “elegantly wrought” by The New York Times Book Review\, “extraordinarily beautiful” by Bonjour Paris\, and “a heart-wrenching love letter to Paris” by Publishers Weekly. Marilynne Robinson called “this fine first novel . . . a small parable\, pondering the nature of civilization itself\,” and Russell Banks described it as “powerful and moving . . . with a heartbreaking\, profoundly adult love story at its center.” \nMamta Chaudhry lives with her husband in Coral Gables\, Florida. They spend part of each year in India and in France. Much of her professional career was in television and classical radio at stations in Calcutta\, Gainesville\, Dallas\, and Miami. Mamta has studied with Marilynne Robinson and has also taught literature and creative writing at the University of Miami. Her early fiction\, poetry\, and feature articles have been published in newspapers and magazines in the States and in India. She is currently working on a second novel. \n  \n  \nPhoto by Nancie Battaglia \nFor her virtual evening at the Library\, Mamta will be in conversation with Russell Banks. Russell is the author of Cloudsplitter and Continental Drift\, and is one of America’s most prestigious fiction writers\, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers\, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards. He lives in upstate New York and Miami\, Florida.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-mamta-chaudhry/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club (ages 12-adult) [VIRTUAL—RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:ages 12-adult\n \n  \n\nJoin fantasy fans to discuss new worlds and novels with like-minded readers.\n\n  \n\nBring along your current or most recent fantasy read to talk about with the group during our online meeting. Participants are also encouraged to prepare a cup of tea or coffee to enjoy during the meeting. Each participant will be asked to read the first line of the fantasy novel they’ve selected and share a bit about the book. High and low fantasy\, contemporary or classic–it’s all perfect to bring along to discuss during these book club meetings. New members are welcome! This book club is facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLooking for your next great fantasy read? Stop by and browse our extensive collections! These titles are available for Library members in e-book format: \nThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black\, The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz\, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula le Guin\, Coraline by Neil Gaiman\, The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien\, and The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group (sign-up HERE). Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. Participation in this book group is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library before the first session. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ya-fantasy-book-club-ages-12-adult-virtual-rsvp-required-4/
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Clara Oropeza [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This fall\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \n  \nPlease join us for an evening with Clara Oropeza\, author of Anaïs Nin: A Myth of Her Own\, which traces Nin’s literary craft by following the intimacy of self-exploration and poetic expression attained in the details of the quotidian\, transfigured into fiction. By digging into the mythic tropes that permeate both her literary diaries and fiction\, this book demonstrates that Nin constructed a mythic method of her own\, revealing the extensive possibilities of an opulent feminine psyche. \nIn this work\, Clara demonstrates that the literary diary\, for Nin\, is a genre that with its traces of trickster archetype\, among others\, reveals a mercurial\, yet particular understanding of an embodied and at times mystical experience of a writer. The cogent analysis of Nin’s fiction alongside the posthumously published unexpurgated diaries\, within the backdrop of emerging psychological theories\, further illuminates Nin’s contributions as an experimental and important modernist writer whose daring and poetic voice has not been fully appreciated. By extending research on diary writing and anchoring Nin’s literary style within modernist traditions\, this book contributes to the redefinition of what literary modernism was comprised\, who participated and how it was defined. \nDr. Clara Oropeza is a Latina writer and Professor of English Literature at Santa Barbara City College\, California. Clara’s research combines comparative mythology\, feminist and literary studies and cultural theory. She has contributed various essays to Sagewoman and Between. Clara earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Mythology and Literature from Pacifica Graduate Institute and an MA in English Literature from California State University\, Los Angeles. \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-clara-oropeza/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:[FULL] Mindfulness Workshop with Daria Steketee [Virtual Event\, Library members only\, RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:This event has filled; thank you for your understanding. \n  \n*Covid-19 Update: This fall\, the Library’s programs will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nMindfulness Workshop for Creatives (1 hour in length) \nPlease join us for a relaxing and informative session in which you’ll get a preview of Mindfulness Meditation techniques\, all of which can be used for writers and other creatives looking to find their flow. \nThis workshop presents a secular approach to Mindfulness that focuses on how it can be practical and helpful in our daily lives. Participants will take away practical and accessible ways to reduce stress\, increase enjoyment of the present moment\, and promote resilience. No prior experience in meditation necessary. \nThis workshop will include:\n• an overview of the global phenomenon that mindfulness has become\n• simple techniques to get you started\n• a few short guided meditations\n• a Q&A \nDaria Steketee began meditating over 30 years ago in New York City\, where she grew up. She studied meditation in the Buddhist and Yogic traditions\, while pursuing studies in Comparative Religion\, Theatre\, and Art at Bryn Mawr College and New York University. Working as a visual artist in Paris\, she continued meditation training in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition before discovering Mindfulness through a series of classes\, silent retreats\, and books. A graduate of Mindfulness Training Institute\, she has been certified to teach meditation in a variety of formats and settings (for companies\, associations\, individuals\, etc.). \nFor more\, please visit Daria’s website: https://www.mindfultoday.fr.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mindfulness-workshop-with-daria-steketee/
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SUMMARY:The Art of the Scary Story: Write the Haunted Paris Script (ages 14-adult) [VIRTUAL—BY RSVP]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 14-adult \n\n  \n\nWork on your craft in a fun\, creative atmosphere with other writers and help us build the script for our Haunted Library! \n  \nScripts are an art form. Just like short stories and novels\, they must be crafted carefully. Join us in crafting the script for the evening portion of the Library’s Halloween event. We will have a basic outline drafted of the route tours will take through the 7th arrondissement on the evening of 31 October 2020. During this workshop\, we’ll create scary vignettes for actors to perform\, and a tale for our tour guides to recount during the evening. Help us create an evening of scares for visitors who attend the event on Saturday 31 October. New writers\, fans of scary stories and professionals are all welcome to attend! \n\n  \n  \n\nThis event is free and open to Library members ages 12-adult and will be hosted virtually. Advance registration is required (sign-up HERE). Registered participants will be sent the info about how to join the meeting.\n \nSend an email to Celeste\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event\, or any of our events for children and teens: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-art-of-the-scary-story-write-the-haunted-paris-script-ages-14-adult-virtual-by-rsvp/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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