Adults

Paris, like all urban centers, has a long history of gentrification. What does this look like today? What will it mean for the Paris of the future?

French republicanism demands the fair treatment of all citizens regardless of their background. Is refusing to name race creating a more equal society, or is it taking away the tools we have to discuss the problem?

A bilingual book launch places Emily Dickinson in conversation with American modernist painting. Explore the voices and visions of modernist America.

John Ashbery, one of the most celebrated poets of American history, is revealed in a never-before-seen light. Discover where life and poetry intertwine with historian Karin Roffman.

Have we lost our ability to pay attention? Faced with a world designed to distract us, how can we control what we see and how we see it?

Renowned poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain reflects upon the complicated fabric of Chinese identity and diaspora in debut novel Dear Chrysanthemums.

From Joyce to Stein, discover two vital agents and American Library in Paris members responsible for the most significant franco-anglophone literary exchanges of early 20th-century Paris.

Lauren Elkin, writer, translator, and flâneuse, discusses feminism in art history and revolutionary representations of the female form.