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SUMMARY:(In Person Full) (Hybrid) Marquee Event: Dickens in Appalachia with Barbara Kingsolver
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Evenings with an Author at the American Library in Paris is thrilled to continue our marquee series spotlighting exceptional thinkers of our age. Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver to discuss narrating Appalachia. \nBarbara Kingsolver first rocketed to literary fame with her 1998 novel The Poisonwood Bible. Over the past year\, she has swept the global literary marketplace yet again with the release of her new novel\, Demon Copperhead\, a spirited retelling of Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield.  Kingsolver draws energy from Dickens’s beloved plot and characters\, but with a crucial difference: her setting is not Dickens’s London\, but contemporary Appalachia–specifically\, the mountains of southwest Virginia.  Like Dickens’s novel before it\, Demon Copperhead confronts and condemns a range of social problems.  Kingsolver’s targets include the opioid crisis\, the foster care system\, and the economic abandonment of Appalachia.  Demon Copperhead offers a vivid portrayal of rural American life\, reclaiming hero status for a region that is often ignored or disparaged in American film\, television\, and literature. \nPlease note that in-person registration is now full. Online registration is still available and free of charge. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more:  \nKingsolver has won widespread praise for the strong voice of her protagonist and first-person narrator\, Damon Fields (nicknamed “Demon Copperhead).  Read the opening paragraphs of the novel here.    \nThe New York Times published a profile on Kingsolver and her work in 2022.  Read it here. \nAbout the speaker:  \nBarbara Kingsolver was born in 1955\, and grew up in rural Kentucky. She earned degrees in biology from DePauw University and the University of Arizona\, and has worked as a freelance writer and author since 1985. At various times in her adult life she has lived in England\, France\, and the Canary Islands\, and has worked in Europe\, Africa\, Asia\, Mexico\, and South America. She spent two decades in Tucson\, Arizona\, before moving to southwestern Virginia where she currently resides.  \nDemon Copperhead was named an Oprah Book Club selection immediately upon publication\, and in 2023 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Demon Copperhead also received Britain’s prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize)\, making Kingsolver the first author in the history of the prize to receive the award twice. \nKingsolver established the Bellwether Prize for Fiction\, the nation’s largest prize for an unpublished first novel\, which since 1998 has helped to establish the careers of more than a half dozen new literary voices. Through a recent agreement\, the prize has now become the PEN / Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.   \nSince June 2004\, Barbara and her family have lived on a farm in southern Appalachia\, where they raise an extensive vegetable garden and Icelandic sheep.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Kingsolver will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Register for this event” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Demon Copperhead will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1694620167317{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/kingsolver24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240207T230000
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SUMMARY:(In Person at the Center for the Art of Translation) The International Library: Global Indigenous Stories
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In person at the Center for the Art of Translation (San Francisco) and over Zoom\, Linnea Axelsson and Alexis Wright explore the legacy of colonialism across the globe. Axelsson’s Ædnan\, translated by Saskia Vogel\, is a multigenerational novel-in-verse about two Sámi families and their quest to stay together across a century of migration\, violence\, and colonial trauma. Weaving together the voices of half a dozen characters\, Ædnan is a powerful reminder of how durable language can be\, even when it is borrowed\, especially when it has to hold what no longer remains. Wright’s Praiseworthy is a phantasmagorical epic following one family contending with interconnected crises amidst a mysterious cloud encroaching on their Northern Australian town\, heralding both an ecological catastrophe and a gathering of the ancestors. \nA cry of outrage against oppression and disadvantage and a fable for the end of days\, Praiseworthy pushes allegory and language to its limit. Pulitzer finalist Tommy Orange (There There) will moderate a conversation between Axelsson\, Wright\, and Vogel about their novels; the past\, present\, and future of indigeneity and colonialism; and writing across time\, place\, and form. \nAbout the speakers: \nLinnea Axelsson is a Sámi-Swedish writer\, born in the province of North Bothnia in Sweden. In 2018\, she was awarded the August Prize for this book. She lives in Stockholm\, Sweden. Linnea’s US tour is being implemented with the assistance of a grant from the Swedish Arts Council. \nSaskia Vogel is an author and translator from Los Angeles\, now living in Berlin. She was awarded the Berlin Senate grant for non-German literature and two English PEN Translates Awards and was a PEN America Translation Prize finalist. She is Princeton University’s Fall 2022 Translator in Residence. \nAlexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The author of the prize-winning novels Carpentaria\, The Swan Book\, and Praiseworthy. Wright has published three works of nonfiction: Take Power\, an oral history of the Central Land Council; Grog War\, a study of alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory; and Tracker\, an award-winning collective memoir of Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth. Her work has been translated into Chinese\, Polish\, French\, and Italian. She held the position of Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne between 2017–2022. Wright is the only author to win both the Miles Franklin Award (in 2007 for Carpentaria) and the Stella Prize (in 2018 for Tracker). \nTommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma\, he was born and raised in Oakland\, California. His first book\, There There\, was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and received the 2019 American Book Award. He lives in Oakland\, CA. \nImportant information: This is a livestreamed event with an in-person audience at The Center for the Art of Translation (San Francisco). Axelsson\, Vogel\, and Orange will be hosted by the Center for the Art of Translation at The Center for Architecture + Design\, 140 Sutter St.\, San Francisco (1pm PT) with Wright joining remotely. \nAccess to this event requires registration through the Center for the Art of Translation. Click on the button below to RSVP.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fthe-international-library-global-indigenous-stories-tickets-795729858427|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nAbout The International Library\nConversations across time\, place\, and language \nJoin the American Library in Paris\, the Center for the Art of Translation\, and The Center for Fiction for conversations across time\, place\, culture\, and literary tradition\, with live audiences in San Francisco\, Brooklyn\, and Paris. \nAt the intersection of theory and practice\, past and present\, as well as story and history\, The International Library celebrates the live diffusion of in-person conversations in the hope of conjuring new possibilities and connecting new audiences across land and sea for a collective\, intercultural experience. \nOver the course of these conversations\, we hope to broach the following questions about writing and translation: Who gets to translate? To be translated? How to translate? And for whom to translate? More broadly\, the series will guide readers to think critically about how stories are told\, investigating the points of view\, the timing of the translations\, and the intended or assumed audiences as well as inspiration\, philosophy\, and craft.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/globalindigenousstories24/
LOCATION:The Center for Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Dispatches from Insomnia with Marie Darrieussecq
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sleep is a basic and essential bodily function\, but it is not always easily achieved. We have all experienced it at one time or another: a night of sleepless torment\, in which our minds refuse to slip into unconsciousness\, even despite our exhaustion. \nFor decades\, Marie Darrieussecq has struggled with insomnia. She is in good company\, especially among writers: famous literary insomniacs include Marcel Proust\, Franz Kafka\, Virginia Woolf\, Marguerite Duras\, and Georges Perec.  In her new book Sleepless (translated into English by Penny Hueston)\, Darrieussecq explores the contours of her own sleepless nights and finds camaraderie with the sleep-deprived writers of days gone by. Combining memoir\, literary history\, cultural criticism\, and photography\, Darrieussecq flits between various cultural histories of sleeplessness\, including considerations of motherhood\, homelessness\, travel\, and meditation. Described in the Los Angeles Review of Books as being “like an encyclopedia composed according to the logic of dream sequences”\, the book is a witty and poetic kaleidoscope of restlessness. \nAbout the speaker: \nMarie Darrieussecq was born in Bayonne in 1969 and is recognized as one of the leading voices of contemporary French literature. Her first novel\, Pig Tales\, was translated into thirty-five languages. She has written more than twenty books. Text has published Tom Is Dead\, All the Way\, Men\, Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker\, Our Life in the Forest\, The Baby and Crossed Lines. In 2013 Marie Darrieussecq was awarded the Prix Médicis and the Prix des Prix for her novel Men. She has written art criticism and journalism for a number of publications\, including Libération and Charlie Hebdo\, and is also a translator from English and has practised as a psychoanalyst. She lives in Paris.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nDarrieussecq recently appeared in conversation with novelist and poet Deborah Levy and cultural critic Lauren Elkin–both of whom were also recent guests at the American Library! Watch their conversation here.  \nA review in The Guardian calls Sleepless “electric” and “musical.” Read the review here. \nYou can find an excerpt from Sleepless here\, through the MIT Press Reader.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About Fitzcarraldo February at the Library: \nThis program is part of Fitzcarraldo February\, a series of events at The American Library in Paris featuring authors who have recently published books with the London-based independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions.  \nKnown for their distinctive blue and white covers\, and esteemed for their highly selective catalogue\, Fitzcarraldo is the leading publisher of innovative\, boundary-pushing literature. Founded in 2014 with the mission to publish only twenty-two works per year\, the publishing house has already established itself as champion of the most exciting and ambitious literary voices of our time\, including four Nobel Prize-winning writers: Svetlana Alexievich (2015)\, Olga Tokarczuk (2018)\, Annie Ernaux (2022)\, and Jon Fosse (2023). The Library is delighted to welcome Marie Darrieussecq\, Thea Lenarduzzi\, Claudia Durastanti\, Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Kirsty Bell\, and Brian Dillon\, all of whose work explores the frontiers of genre\, form\, and craft\, challenging us to rethink what writing can do. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of Sleepless and Pas Dormir will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son and Tome7. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/darrieussecq24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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SUMMARY:(In-Person Full) (Hybrid) Changing the World for Women with Catharine A. MacKinnon and Kate Kirkpatrick
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us at the Library for a conversation about activism and the law with one the most distinguished thought leaders and public intellectual voices of our time. \nCatharine A. MacKinnon has been at the forefront of legal and social fights for gender equality for nearly fifty years. In 1979\, she was the first to make the groundbreaking argument that sexual harassment in the workplace violates laws against sex discrimination\, setting the legal groundwork for the #MeToo revolution forty years later. Over the course of her career\, MacKinnon has contributed to countless issues\, including pornography and prostitution\, and court cases that have resulted in unparalleled gains for women’s rights. She has developed a robust philosophy devoted to equality. \nPrior to the present book\, MacKinnon’s Butterfly Politics collected essays and speeches from her fifty years of fighting for legal and social change. The title refers to the “butterfly effect:” the idea that a butterfly opening and closing its wings can–under the right conditions–cause a tornado on the other side of the world. Considering a legal system built to keep inequality in place which can be transformed into a tool to provide equality rights\, MacKinnon develops the metaphor of the “butterfly effect” to propose simple steps that everyone can take to generate large-scale social change. \nMacKinnon will be joined in conversation with former American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow and renowned feminist philosopher Kate Kirkpatrick. \nAbout the speakers: \nCatharine A. MacKinnon is an internationally renowned scholar\, lawyer and jurist. She pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment and with clients conceived and established the legal recognition of rape as an act of genocide in international law. Her theory of equality is increasingly being embraced around the world. \nKate Kirkpatrick is a philosopher based at Regent’s Park College\, University of Oxford. Her research focuses primarily on French phenomenology and existentialism; feminism; and ethics. She is author of several books and articles on these topics and an internationally acclaimed biography of Simone de Beauvoir\, Becoming Beauvoir: A Life (Bloomsbury\, 2019)\, which has been translated into over a dozen languages. She is currently writing a philosophical commentary on Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. \nPortrait of Catharine A. MacKinnon by ©Camille McOuat[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn 2017\, MacKinnon wrote a piece for The Guardian about the legal history that gave rise to the #MeToo movement. Read it here. \nFor an introduction to MacKinnon’s approach to law and social change in her most recent book\, Butterfly Politics\, check out this video.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Le Viol Redéfini and Butterfly Politics will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Tome7 and Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mackinnon24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Writing Disaster with Adam Levin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian\, his most devoted fan\, and the city’s mayor must struggle to move forward while the world—quite literally—caves beneath their feet.   \nA sprawling work of meta-fiction\, Mount Chicago follows the mapless mayor who wants to build Mount Chicago\, a memorial to the disaster victims that is “as moving as Auschwitz” but “less depressing.” Mount Chicago is a story of Chicago-style politics and political correctness\, stand-up comedy and Jewish identity\, and the absurdist semantics of disaster. With his third novel\, Adam Levin has created a monument to laughter\, love\, art\, and resilience in an age of spectacular loss. Join him in conversation with author Amanda Dennis as they consider the contours of the sublime and the surreal\, and the writing that surmounts fiction itself. \nAbout the speakers: \nAdam Levin is the author of the novels The Instructions\, Bubblegum\, and Mount Chicago\, as well as the story collection\, Hot Pink. His writing has appeared in numerous publications\, including The New Yorker\, McSweeney’s\, and Playboy. He has been a New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award winner\, a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, and a National Jewish Book Award finalist. He lives in Chicago. \nAmanda Dennis is the author of the novel\, Her Here\, and a non-fiction book about Samuel Beckett\, Beckett and Embodiment. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books\, the Times Literary Supplement\, and Guernica\, among other places. She has held fellowships from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, Columbia and Cambridge Universities\, and UC Berkeley’s center for the humanities in Madrid. She lives in Paris\, where she is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the American University of Paris.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn a glowing New York Times review\, author Dan Chaon praised Levin’s “sustained\, operatic balance of comedy\, grief and despair\,” calling the book a “a genuinely breathtaking achievement.”. Read more. \nLevin was interviewed by the Chicago Review of Books about his influences\, meta-fiction\, and the city of Chicago. Read the interview. \nAmanda Dennis appeared virtually at Evenings with an Author to discuss her novel Her Here\, an existential detective story. Rewatch the conversation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/levin24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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SUMMARY:(In-Person Only) Screening: American Pavilion at Cannes Emerging Filmmakers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for a night at the Library celebrating cinema and up and coming filmmakers with a special screening event in partnership with The American Pavilion at Cannes and Deadline.  \nThe American Pavilion’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase has provided an opportunity for filmmakers to share their work with Cannes Festival and Film Market attendees. The Library will be transformed into a cinema\, as we will be screening the past Emerging Filmmaker Showcase winners from the past six years.  \nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Deadline’s Diana Lodderhose and the filmmakers to learn more about their work. \nThe evening will conclude with a networking reception where aspiring and professional filmmakers–along with casual film lovers–can connect over a love of cinema.  \nIn May\, we will screen the winner of the American Pavilion’s 2024 Showcase following the conclusion of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. \nPlease note\, this event will be In Person only. Guests are invited to arrive from 18h30 onwards for opening remarks at 18h50 before the screening’s start time at 19h00. \nAbout the films: \nMAN OF THE HOUR\nJury Award Winner 2018\nDirectors: Linda Ludwig & James Curle\nGemma receives a mysterious invitation to the birthday party of an enigmatic millionaire\, Jeremy. She must pass herself off as Jeremy’s old friend and mingle with his glittering guests. But Gemma cannot help but wonder who Jeremy is and why he has tasked her with such a peculiar job – there’s something more to him than meets the eye. \nSYLVIA\nJury Award Winner 2019\nWriter/Director: Richard Prendergast Producer: Rachel Prendergast\n A car. A family. An unwanted destination. \nNOISY\nJury Award Winner 2022\nWriter/Director: Cedric Hill\nSam gets on the subway to get home. He catches the eye of April. The two of them discover they have way more in common than where they’re heading. Sometimes you need a noisy place to have a quiet conversation. \nEMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH\nJury Award Winner 2023\nProducer/Writer/Director: Goga Clay\nIbinabo\, a young husband and father-to-be\, lives an unremarkable but exemplary life. He strives to prove himself to his boss\, but gets caught up in the horrors of the October 2020 protests against police brutality. \nGIRL WITH A THERMAL GUN\nJury Award Winner 2021\nWriter/Director: Rongfei Guo\nDuring the pandemic\, a grocery delivery man is busier than ever. He receives orders\, fills shopping carts\, and delivers packages. Receive\, fill\, deliver; from dawn to dusk\, day in and day out. He navigates strange streets and knocks on unfamiliar doors. As he grows tired\, a feeling of loneliness washes over him and he begins to feel defeated—until he suddenly finds a thermal gun pressed to his forehead. \nMASTER MAGGIE\nJury Award Winner 2020\nDirector: Matthew Bonifacio\nWriter: Julianna Gelinas Bonifacio\, Matthew Bonifacio\nA celebrity acting coach is interrupted by an unknown actor begging for her help for a TV audition. What follows is an unexpected journey for the both of them.  \nAbout the speakers: \nDiana Lodderhose has been working in global film journalism since 2005. Before returning to Deadline in 2021 to focus on features for international film and television\, she was previously International Reporter for the site. She is based in London and has frequently covered all the major film festivals and markets including Cannes\, Berlin\, AFM\, Toronto and Sundance. Prior to joining Deadline\, Diana was the UK correspondent for Variety and also covered film news and box office at Screen International. \nAbout the American Pavilion’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase: \nSince 1989\, The American Pavilion has offered unparalleled experiences in Cannes to film students and emerging filmmakers from around the world. AmPav’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase provides an opportunity for filmmakers to have their works seen by Cannes Festival and Film Market attendees. If you are an aspiring filmmaker\, submit your short film to the 2024 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase! \nImportant information: This event requires advance registration. The discussion will be in person only. Our partners and filmmakers will appear in the Reading Room\, and the discussion will not be recorded. Please note this event’s early start time. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704982270919{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]    [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ampav24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240125T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240125T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231213T161538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T143909Z
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SUMMARY:(In-Person Registration Full) (Hybrid) Entre Nous: Art as Social Action with Peter Sellars and Yasmine Seale
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How can a director’s choices bring fresh perspectives to centuries-old operas and plays? What kinds of creative processes do theater directors engage with as they plan their productions? And\, more generally\, how can the arts act as catalysts for social change? The Library is delighted to welcome Peter Sellars\, one of the leading living figures of theatrical history. From setting Così fan tutte in a diner in Cape Cod and The Marriage of Figaro in a luxury apartment in Trump Tower)\, to having worked with artists such as Warhol and received praise from critics such as Edward Said\, Sellars’ groundbreaking stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays have made him one of the most compelling director of our times. Discover his method of breaking into art\, forging a theater of the present.  \nSellars will speak in conversation with writer and translator Yasmine Seale. \nPlease note that in-person registration to this event is now full. Online registration is still available. \nLearn more:  \nAmong Sellars’s most famous productions was his late-1980s staging of Mozart’s Don Giovanni\, which Sellars set in New York City’s East Harlem. Watch a recording of the production.  \nLast year\, Sellars directed a production of Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde at the Opéra Bastille. See him describe his vision for that production. \nYasmine Seale appeared at the Library last year to speak with author Kate Briggs. Rewatch their discussion.  \nAbout the speakers: \nPeter Sellars is an internationally acclaimed director. He is best known for his innovative interpretations of operatic masterpieces. Since 1988\, Sellars has been a professor at UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures / Dance. His production of Vincenzo Bellini’s Beatrice di Tenda will be performed Opéra Bastille in February and March of 2024. Book your tickets here! \nYasmine Seale is a writer whose work includes poetry\, criticism\, translation and visual art. Her essays on literature\, art and film have appeared in many places\, including Harper’s\, The Nation\, Paris Review\, and the Times Literary Supplement. Among her books are Agitated Air: Poems After Ibn Arabi (Tenement Press)\, a collaboration with Robin Moger\, and The Annotated Arabian Nights (W. W. Norton)\, described by the New Yorker as “an electric new translation”. She is currently a fellow of the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. \nThe Entre Nous series is co-organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination\, and the American Library in Paris. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nThis event requires advance registration. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1666352729001{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]   [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/sellars24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240124T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240124T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231212T165117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231219T190239Z
UID:59736-1706124600-1706128200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Europe’s Past and Future with Timothy Garton Ash
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent years\, populist and authoritarian regimes have gained momentum across Europe\, and democratic norms have shown signs of erosion. How can we understand the tectonic shifts that have shaped contemporary Europe? What lessons can Europe learn from its own recent past? \nWith his new book\, Homelands: A Personal History of Europe\, Timothy Garton Ash braids personal memoir together with political analysis to produce a sweeping account of Europe in the last half-century. Drawing from his extensive experience as a journalist and a historian\, Garton Ash expertly guides his readers through the various political transformations that have unfolded in Europe over the course of his own lifetime. \nThis event will be moderated by writer and academic\, Thomas Dodman. \nAbout the speakers: \nTimothy Garton Ash is a political writer and Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford. He is a longtime proponent of free speech\, an advocate for liberal democracy\, and an expert in international relations. He has written eleven books\, most of which examine the contemporary history of Europe and European politics. His latest book\, Homelands: A Personal History of Europe (2023) is set to be translated into nineteen languages. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian\, The New York Review of Books\, Prospect Magazine\, and more. \nThomas Dodman is Associate Professor in the Department of French at Columbia University and director of the History & Literature program at Columbia’s Global Center in Paris. He is the author of What Nostalgia Was: War\, Empire and the Time of a Deadly Emotion (Chicago) and he coedits the journal Sensibilités (Anamosa)\, whose latest issue is Race\, l’ombre portée. He is currently a fellow at the Institute for Ideas & Imagination at Reid Hall.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nGarton Ash has written a column on international affairs for The Guardian since 2004. You can peruse his work here. \nIn 2011\, Garton Ash launched the Free Speech Debate\, an online project that brings together journalists\, scholars\, and businesspeople from around the world to discuss speech-related issues.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Garton Ash will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Homelands will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/gartonash24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240123T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231212T161716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T161716Z
UID:59727-1706038200-1706041800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Paris of the Present with Will Mountain Cox
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tired of romanticized visions of the Paris of the past\, author Will Mountain Cox sets out in Roundabout to write Paris present: from the Notre Dame fire\, to the November 2015 attacks\, to concerns of gentrification\, climate\, and hyper-tourism. Cox\, founder of the Belleville Park Pages\, first proposed this present-tense vision in With Paris in Mind\, a collection of interviews which dismisses the mythology of Paris as a city of artists and features the voices of the new creative generation. This generation is depicted yet again with attentiveness and insight in Roundabout— this time\, through the prism of fiction. Ever sensitive to the spirit of the age\, Cox will speak at the Library about the living Parisian cultural landscape. \nAbout the speaker: \nWill Mountain Cox is a writer from Portland\, Oregon\, living in Paris\, France. His work has appeared in Forever Magazine\, Hobart\, Vol. 1 Brooklyn\, Shabby Doll House\, and The Drunken Canal. He is the author of With Paris in Mind and was a cofounder of the literary magazine Belleville Park Pages. He is a graduate of Boston University and Sciences Po. Roundabout is his debut novel.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nCox appeared on France 24 for an interview on With Paris in Mind\, his book of collected interviews with artists in Paris. Watch on France 24. \nRead one of Cox’s short stories published in the online magazine Vol. 1 Brooklyn.  \nDiscover an excerpt of Roundabout in English and in French in an online journal dedicated to the 20th arrondissement.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Cox will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Roundabout will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cox24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240122T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20240109T104529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T135953Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Week: An Exclusive Review with Idris Balogun
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Idris Balogun is the founder of WINNIE New York\, a menswear brand that creates high-quality\, long-wearing clothing. Balogun was born to Nigerian immigrants in New York and raised in London. His career has taken him to the heights of the sartorial world\, from London’s Savile Road to the creative suites of Burberry and Tom Ford. With WINNIE New York\, Balogun has brought his designs to runways in London\, New York\, and Paris. \nThe Library is pleased to welcome Balogun in conversation with internationally renowned stylist Julie Ragolia to discuss his Fall/Winter 2024 collection\, inspired by the work of African American jazz poet Ted Joans. Over the course of this exclusive preview\, Balogun and Ragolia will review Fall/Winter 2024-25 Fashion Week in Paris and assess the contemporary luxury landscape. In turn\, they will meditate upon the meaning of clothing\, the role of fashion in self-expression\, and innovations at the horizons of modern design.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nBalogun’s latest collection takes inspiration from African American poet Ted Joans. For an introduction to Joans’s work\, check out this video excerpt\, which features his poetry performed alongside live jazz. \nBe sure to browse the website of WINNIE New York to get a sense of Balogun’s designs.  \nAbout the speakers:  \nAt a young age\, Idris Balogun earned an apprenticeship on the prestigious Savile Row. There he was able to hone and master his skills as a cutter and tailor before moving on to Burberry\, where under the direction of Christopher Bailey\, he helped to develop a singular view of the Burberry lines. Shortly after\, he began his career with Tom Ford\, where he worked as the Director of Menswear and Made to Measure before launching his label. In 2022 Idris won the Karl Lagerfeld award for design. He founded WINNIE\, a label informed by luxury in its purest form\, in 2019.  \nJulie Ragolia is renowned internationally for her work as a fashion stylist and consultant. Her approach is strikingly modern\, rooted in observation; creating a distinct effect across editorial stories\, fashion shows and advertising campaigns. Born in Brooklyn\, New York to complex means\, art was a way forward. Her desire to understand her own life story compels her deep interest in subject\, and the manner in which clothing can define\, enhance or recreate one’s self. \nAbout WINNIE New York: \nWINNIE\, a label informed by luxury in its purest form. It is our mission to merge a modern design identity with classic artisanal practices. A focus on exceptional fabric\, tailoring and craftsmanship is at the forefront of the brand’s core values. After holding positions at Tom Ford and Burberry\, Idris Balogun founded WINNIE in 2019\, as an ode to his grandmother. From the outset\, WINNIE has endeavored to deliver the utmost quality product made in Italy\, and is stocked worldwide at retailers including SSENSE\, Mytheresa\, Tasoni\, Très Bien and MATCHESFASHION.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Balogun and Ragolia will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/balogun24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240118T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240118T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231208T124517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T124517Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic with Nabila Ramdani
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Liberté\, Égalité\, Fraternité: la devise de la République française. Since the French Revolution\, this motto of liberty\, equality\, and fraternity has served as a pillar for the republic. Though\, after a period of mass dissent– from the Yellow Vests protests\, to movement against the 2023 réforme de retraites\, to the mass protests following the fatal police shooting of Nahel M.– does France live up to its founding ideals?  \nNabila Ramdani\,  journalist\, academic and broadcaster\, will appear at the Library to present her new book\, Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic.  \nIn Fixing France\, Ramdani develops a nuanced critique of some of France’s modern issues\, from racial and religious discrimination\, looming executive power\, terrorism and extremism\, and the rise of the far-right. Ramdani will dive into the historical dynamics that have led us to the present: what was the influence of Algeria on the founding and development of the current Fifth Republic? What issues do residents of France face in Paris intramuros\, the suburbs of Grand Paris\, and beyond in France’s countryside? And how can the French Republic be fixed? \nModerated by journalist and anchor Erin Ogunkeye.  \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nNabila Ramdani is a French author of Algerian descent who works as a journalist\, academic and broadcaster. Nabila began her award-winning journalistic career in the BBC Paris Bureau. She has since broadcast for outlets including Sky News\, Al Jazeera and CNN\, and has written extensively for The Guardian\, The Daily Mail\, The Washington Post and others. Educated at Paris VII University and the London School of Economics (LSE)\, Nabila has taught at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. \nErin Ogunkeye grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia\, but has spent more time living in Paris than any other city. She studied French law before realizing she wanted to feel a closer connection to the rest of the world by following\, relaying and breaking down current events; perhaps not too differently from the way a lawyer connects with a jury. She is an anchor at France 24 and presents Live From Paris in the mornings.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nRamdani appeared on France24 to discuss social inequality in France in contrast with the country’s ideals\, as well as the shortcomings of the Fifth Republic. Watch the interview. \nRamdani published an opinion piece in inews.co.uk on Paris’s recent bedbug outbreak as a symbol of the French Republic. Read more.Read an excerpt of Fixing France about the history of modern terrorism and its intersection with French post-revolutionary history. Read on LitHub.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Fixing France will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ramdani24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231212T160601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T153638Z
UID:59707-1705519800-1705523400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Members Only) Music and Mingle with Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Baird Dodge
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Finding one’s place in Paris can be challenging. As an expatriate institution\, we champion the forging of connections at the Library. This is why we’re delighted to announce Music and Mingle\, a Members-only event series. Those seeking to foster new friendships\, build their network\, and toast the new year in good company are invited to this special concert by Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Baird Dodge. Dodge will be performing a curated selection of songs from Bach to “Over the Rainbow\,” developed\, in the spirit of connection\, to challenge the boundaries between classical and popular music. Whether seeking to discover our community for the first time\, or to reunite with old friends\, join us in celebrating everyone who makes the American Library in Paris a cultural home. \nPlease note\, this event will be in-person only and reserved for Library members. \nThis event will be followed by a cocktail reception.  \nAbout Baird Dodge: \nA New York City native\, Baird Dodge joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a violist in 1996 and moved to the second violin section later that same year. In 2002\, he was appointed principal second violin of the CSO by Daniel Barenboim. An avid chamber musician\, Dodge has collaborated with such artists as Isidore Cohen\, Timothy Eddy\, Hillary Hahn\, Yo-yo Ma\, Samuel Rhodes\, and Orion Weiss\, and has toured with Music from Marlboro. Baird has a special interest in contemporary music\, having performed and recorded works by his father\, Charles Dodge. During the pandemic\, when live orchestral and chamber music were shut down\, Baird explored solo repertoire and found different ways to perform outdoors in his community that felt meaningful and sustaining. \nAbout the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: \nFounded in 1891\, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra commands a vast repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary. Performing in over 150 concerts each year\, the CSO’s talented musicians are the driving force behind the ensemble’s famous sound heard on best-selling recordings as well as in performances in Chicago and on tour throughout the United States and around the globe.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: This event will be in person at the Library only and reserved for Library Members. Please bring your Library card to the event for verification. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/dodge24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240110T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20230508T091154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T114357Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Learning to Laugh with Nuar Alsadir
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why do humans laugh? What effect does laughter have on the body? What is its role in a social setting? What does it communicate\, and why does it matter? Poet and psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir uses psychology\, philosophy\, history\, personal experience\, and more to answer these questions in new book Animal Joy. A whimsical\, wide-reaching meditation upon the power of laughter\, populated by figures ranging from Donald Trump to Alsadir’s classmates at clown school\, the book reveals hidden dimensions to humor\, while highlighting the challenges of defining what humor is. More than an expression of amusement\, it can be wielded as a political tool\, poetic instrument\, and therapeutic mechanism.  \nLearn More: \nFor a sample of Alsadir’s poetry\, check out her poem titled “Invertebrate.” \nFor a preview of Alsadir’s meditations on laughter and its various forms\, check out her essay “Corpsing: On Sex\, Death\, and Inappropriate Laughter” in The Paris Review. \nAbout the speaker: \nNuar Alsadir‘s most recent book\, Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation was a TIME Magazine must-read of 2022 and a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2022. She is also the author of two poetry collections: Fourth Person Singular\, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Forward Prize for Best Collection\, and More Shadow Than Bird. She is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and a member of the curatorial board of The Racial Imaginary Institute. She works as a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Alsadir will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nThis event requires advance registration. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/alsadir23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231220T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231102T172652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T140103Z
UID:57638-1703095200-1703100600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(In-Person Only) Finding Form\, Family\, and Fatherhood with Kwame Alexander
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Library is delighted to welcome poet\, children’s author\, and memoirist Kwame Alexander.  \nAlexander’s 2021 book\, The Door of No Return\, an instant #1 New York Times Bestseller\, was first of a three-part series following a 19th-century Ghanaian boy as he encounters the transatlantic slave trade.  \nIn 2023\, Alexander released his first book for adults\, a memoir called Why Fathers Cry at Night. The memoir unfolds through a medley of poems\, recipes\, letters\, and other personal fragments\, kaleidoscopically detailing Alexander’s relationships with his daughters and with his own parents. \nOther works by Alexander include The Crossover\, a novel told entirely through verse\, which won the prestigious Newbery Medal\, and The Undefeated\, a picture book that commemorates the resilience of Black Americans throughout history. \nModerated by journalist Pamela Druckerman\, join us for a conversation on boundary-pushing poetry and literature. \nPlease note this event’s early start time. \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nKwame Alexander is a New York Times-bestselling author of 39 books. His work includes The Crossover (2014)\, for which he won the Newbery Medal; Becoming Muhammad Ali (2019\, co-authored with James Patterson); The Undefeated (2019\, nominated for the National Book Award); and Why Fathers Cry at Night (2023). He is also the Executive Producer\, Showrunner\, and Writer of a television adaptation of The Crossover\, which recently premiered on Disney+.  \nPamela Druckerman is a French-American journalist and documentary producer who focuses on France and family life. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times International Edition\, The Atlantic\, Le Monde\, Harper’s\, and more. She is also the author of five books\, including Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (2012) and There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story (2018).[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nKwame Alexander recently appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross to discuss his memoir\, Why Fathers Cry at Night. Listen to the interview here. \nAlexander’s award-winning novel for young adults\, The Crossover\, is told through a series of about two hundred poems. Watch Alexander reflect upon his poetic process and read an excerpt from the novel here. \nA television adaptation of The Crossover premiered this year. You can watch the trailer here; the first season is available on Disney+.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be in person only. Alexander and Druckerman will appear in the Reading Room\, and the discussion will not be recorded. Please note this event’s early start time. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Why Fathers Cry at Night will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/alexander23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231115T142852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T163730Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Shakespeare in Palestine with Isabella Hammad
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for an illuminating conversation on Isabella Hammad‘s second novel\, Enter Ghost\, a story of family\, remembrance\, and shared resistance. \nReeling from a failed marriage\, Sonia\, a British-Palestinian actor\, returns to Haifa\, Israel\, to visit her estranged sister. When Sonia meets a local director\, Miriam\, she is roped into the staging of Hamlet in the historic city of Ramallah\, in the West Bank. While initially resistant\, Sonia begins to feel a sense of belonging and a respect for her fellow Palestinian actors\, who want Hamlet to speak to Palestine’s history. Enter Ghost expertly dives into Sonia’s past\, tracing where her relationship with her family\, and Palestine\, diverged. As Hamlet’s opening night draws closer\, Sonia realizes how many obstacles the production and its actors face. Amidst it all\, the life Sonia once knew starts to give way to the daunting\, exhilarating possibility of finding a new self in her ancestral home. \nHammad’s debut novel\, The Parisian\, illuminates a pivotal period of 20th-century Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man\, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. \nPlease note\, this event will not be recorded. \n  \nAbout the speaker: \nIsabella Hammad was born in London. Her writing has appeared publications including Conjunctions\, The Paris Review\, The New York Times. She was awarded the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and a 2019 O. Henry Prize. Her first novel The Parisian (2019) won a Palestine Book Award\, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in the UK. She was a National Book Foundation ‘5 Under 35’ Honoree\, and has received literary fellowships from MacDowell\, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Lannan Foundation. She was selected as one of the Granta ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ in 2023. Her second novel\, Enter Ghost\, was published in 2023.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nHammad appeared on France24 to discuss Enter Ghost. Watch the interview. \nIn an interview with Feroz Rather\, Hammad detailed how fiction unbuttons the constraints of history. Read in BOMB Magazine.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Hammad will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Enter Ghost will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hammad23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231102T191559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T165618Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Serving Stories with Edward Chisholm
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After graduating from university in London in 2010\, Edward Chisholm moved to Paris\, where he hoped to kick off his career as a writer. To make ends meet\, he took up a stream of low-paying jobs\, including one as a waiter at a high-end restaurant. \nIn his memoir A Waiter in Paris (2022)\, Chisholm vividly captures the precarity of life as a service worker in the City of Light. The book has been characterized as “a Dickensian tale” (Publisher’s Weekly) and as a contemporary retelling of George Orwell’s 1933 travelogue Down and Out in Paris and London (The Wall Street Journal and The Daily Mail). Chisholm’s thoughtful critiques of contemporary Parisian society simmer beneath the surface of his whirlwind story\, which overflows with colorful characters and memorable scenes. This conversation will be moderated by writer\, editor\, and academic Russell Williams. \nJoin us at the Library to hear Chisholm’s reflections on the Parisian restaurant scene and his experience of writing a memoir. \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nEdward Chisholm was born in Dorset\, England. After graduating from university\, he moved to Paris\, where he lived and worked for seven years. His writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Wall Street Journal\, and the Financial Times Magazine. His memoir\, A Waiter in Paris\, was published in 2022. Chisholm is also a screenwriter; he is currently working to develop a TV series. \nRussell Williams teaches in the Comparative Literature and English department at the American University of Paris. He is also French editor at the Times Literary Supplement and is currently writing a book called French Weird.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nYou can read an excerpt from A Waiter in Paris here\, on Salon.com. \nIn 2013 – early in his time as a waiter in Paris – Chisholm wrote an op-ed called “Notes from a Parisian Kitchen” for The New York Times. Read it here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Chisholm will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of A Waiter in Paris will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chisholm23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231207T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231102T191340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T191340Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Future of Consent with Manon Garcia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Manon Garcia is a leading voice in conversations about consent\, autonomy\, and feminist philosophy. In her latest book\, La Conversation des Sexes (translated to The Joy of Consent in its English edition)\, Garcia delves into the philosophical traditions that gave rise to “consent” as a legal framework. What does it mean to “consent” to sex? How can consent serve as a guiding principle for personal and intimate relations? Garcia offers a nuanced revision of consent-based ethics\, imagining new paths forward for feminism. As scholar Nancy Bauer writes: “This book is no less than a blueprint for a new feminist revolution.” \nAbout the speaker: \nManon Garcia is a feminist philosopher and a teacher at the Free University in Berlin. After completing her studies at the École Normale Supérieure and the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne\, she took on roles as a Harper-Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago\, a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows\, and an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. She has written two books: We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women’s Lives (Princeton University Press\, 2021) and The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex (Harvard University Press\, 2023).  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nGarcia’s first book\, We Are Not Born Submissive (2021)\, explores the complex history of female submission. Watch her discuss this book in an interview. \nLast April\, Garcia joined the philosopher Kate Kirkpatrick in another illuminating Evening with an Author program at the American Library in Paris. In case you missed it: you can watch a recording of that program here. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Garcia will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of The Joy of Consent will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/garcia23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231206T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231206T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231102T191109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T191109Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Slaves for Peanuts: An Evening with Jori Lewis and Robin Allison Davis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the preface of her book Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest\, Liberation\, and a Crop That Changed History (2022)\, Jori Lewis poses a question: “How do we tell the stories of people that history forgets and the present avoids?” Over the course of her book\, Lewis works to tell precisely such a story\, deftly sifting through archives to uncover the lives and experiences of people who have been systematically written out of the historical record. \nSlaves for Peanuts exposes the pernicious connections between the demand for peanut oil in Europe and the persistence of slavery in Africa. Lewis shows how France continued to rely on slave labor in West Africa for the production of peanuts\, even long after slavery had been officially abolished in French territories. Her work animates the complex lives of historical people\, weaving them together through studies of agriculture and trade. The result is\, in the words of renowned scholar Imani Perry\, “a revelation” that “promises to transform our understanding of slavery and colonialism.” \nThis event will be moderated by Robin Allison Davis. \n  \nAbout the speakers:  \nJori Lewis writes narrative nonfiction that explores how people interact with their environments. Her reports and essays have been published in The Atlantic Magazine\, Orion Magazine and Emergence Magazine\, among others\, and she is a senior editor of Adi Magazine\, a literary magazine of global politics. In 2022\, she published her first book\, Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest\, Liberation\, and a Crop That Changed History\, which was supported by the prestigious Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant\, a Silvers Grant for Work in Progress\, and it won a James Beard media award. \nRobin Allison Davis is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist with a passion for storytelling and the global perspective. Currently based in Paris\, she brings her passion to life within the realms of international development and freelance journalism. Beyond her work in journalism\, Robin is poised to release her memoir\, Surviving Paris\, in 2025 (Amistad/HarperCollins). This deeply personal account promises to take readers on a transformative journey through her experience with breast cancer and life lessons learned in the City of Light.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nLast year\, the Metcalf Institute hosted a webinar with Jori Lewis. Watch it here.  \nFor a sample of Lewis’s writing on people and plants\, check out her essay on the splendor of Senegal’s baobab trees in Emergence Magazine.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Lewis and Davis will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Slaves for Peanuts:A Story of Conquest\, Liberation\, and a Crop That Changed History will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lewis23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231205T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231114T154810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T160713Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Middle East Crisis: Journalists Look at What's Ahead
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oct 7th has marked a paradigm shift in the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine. After the start of these unprecedented events\, journalists have been on the ground reporting\, attempting to capture the realities\, complexities\, and human toll of this ongoing crisis. What has been the role of news organizations\, social media\, and the spread of information during the conflict? And what lies ahead for the Middle East?  \nFour long-time watchers of the region discuss how we reached this point of crisis\, and how peace can ever be achieved. \nThis event is presented in partnership with the Overseas Press Club.  \nAbout the speakers: \nVivienne Walt is a Paris correspondent for TIME Magazine and Fortune Magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, National Geographic\, BusinessWeek\, and more. She is governor of the Overseas Press Club of America. \nDalia Hatuqa is a multimedia journalist specializing in Israeli/Palestinian affairs\, and regional Middle East issues as they pertain to business and economics\, culture\, art and U.S. foreign policy. She also writes about religion\, minorities and immigration in the U.S. She is based in Ramallah\, West Bank. Learn more about her work at www.daliahatuqa.com. \nPierre Haski is a France Inter correspondent and commentator\, former deputy editor of Libération\, and a long-time journalist covering Israel and the region. He appears daily on Radio France on the emission Géopolitique where he speaks on international geopolitics.  \nPeter van Agtmael is a photographer and member of Magnum Photos. He has published three books including\, most recently\, Sorry for the War\, which covers the vast dissonance between the United States at war. He is recently back from the Middle East\, having been on assignment for The New Yorker.  \nMyriam Benraad is a political scientist\, specialized in the Middle East\, and Professor of International Relations at Schiller International University in Paris\, where she also heads the Department for International Relations and Diplomacy. Interested in the role of revenge in contemporary conflicts\, she is the author\, among recent publications on this subject\, of L’État islamique est-il défait ? (CNRS Éditions\, 2023) ; « Terrorisme et vengeance »\, Esprit (September 2023) ; and Terrorisme : les affres de la vengeance. Aux sources liminaires de la violence (Le Cavalier Bleu\, 2021).[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nThe last time a team of journalists convened at the American Library with the Overseas Press Club\, it was to discuss the mass protests across France following the fatal police shooting of Nahel M.\, a 17-year-old boy from Nanterre. Rewatch the conversation.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/coveringcrisis23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231130T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231030T150527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T103844Z
UID:57604-1701372600-1701376200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Behind the Lens with Frederick Wiseman
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Frederick Wiseman has directed and produced more than 40 films over the course of his illustrious career. His films offer profound insights into American institutions\, reveling in the human stories that make up our social systems. The titles of his films introduce their subjects with deceptive simplicity: they include High School (1968)\, Welfare (1975)\, Public Housing (1997)\, and City Hall (2020). In his latest film\, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)\, Wiseman brings his penetrating gaze to a three-star Michelin restaurant in rural France. \nWiseman’s documentaries are known for their subtle\, observational style. He does not deploy expository techniques like voiceovers or interviews\, but instead immerses himself in the institutions that he studies\, letting poignant stories unfold before his camera and editing the footage into rhythmic vignettes. Moderated by the writer and critic Carlos Valladares\, join us at the Library to hear this cinematic giant reflect upon his work and method. \nThis event will be followed by a cocktail reception. \nAbout the speakers: \nFrederick Wiseman is a film and theater director of 47 films\, primarily focusing on American institutions. His most recent film MENUS-PLAISIRS Les Troisgros will be released in Fall 2023. In 2019\, he was the honoree of the Library Lions Award from the New York Public Library and received the Pennebaker Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. In 2018\, he was the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University. In 2016\, he received an Honorary Award for lifetime achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Directors. He is a MacArthur Fellow\, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has won numerous awards\, including four Emmys. In recent years\, he directed The Belle of Amherst\, Beckett’s Happy Days in Paris and Vasily Grossman’s The Last Letter at the Comédie-Française in Paris and Theatre for a New Audience in New York. A ballet inspired by his first film\, TITICUT FOLLIES (1967)\, premiered at the New York University Skirball Theater in 2017. \nCarlos Valladares is a writer\, critic\, and film programmer from Los Angeles. He studied film at Stanford University and is currently completing his doctorate in History of Art and Film & Media Studies at Yale University. He has written for the San Francisco Chronicle\, Gagosian Quarterly\, Film Comment\, n+1\, Frieze\, the Cleveland Review of Books\, and the Criterion Collection.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nWiseman’s latest film\, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros\, has been described as “a food lover’s dream” (The Hollywood Reporter). Watch the trailer for the documentary here. \nA 2020 profile of Wiseman in The New York Times provides a rounded introduction to the filmmaker’s work\, style\, and personality. Read it here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Wiseman will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/wiseman23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231129T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231011T144553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T122054Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Entre Nous: Possible Lives with Maria Stepanova
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the death of her aunt\, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs\, old postcards\, letters\, diaries\, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm\, steady hands\, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century. Dipping into various forms – essay\, fiction\, memoir\, travelogue and historical documents – Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities and offers an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory. In Memory of Memory will serve as the point of departure for a broader conversation about writing autobiographically\, drawing on the author’s readings of Charlotte Salomon\, Fleur Jaeggy\, Gertrude Stein\, and others. \nAbout the speakers: \nMaria Stepanova is a Russian poet\, essayist and journalist. The recipient of numerous awards\, including the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding and the Prix du Meilleur livre étranger\, Stepanova is currently a fellow at Columbia University’s Institute for Ideas and the Imagination. \nDaniel Medin is an editor and professor of comparative literature at the American University of Paris. \nThis event is a collaboration with AUP’s Center for Writers and Translators.  \nThe Entre Nous series is co-organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination\, and the American Library in Paris. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nThis event requires advance registration. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1699014050889{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of In Memory of Memory will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/stepanova23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231128T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231012T135352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T131639Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Evening with Binkady-Emmanuel Hié
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI) practices—or workplace policies aimed at creating a supportive work environment for people of all backgrounds—were embraced in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement. Are DEI initiatives still being adopted three years later\, and are they being implemented in all workplaces? Is DEI an American issue? How does DEI impact initiatives in France for a more equitable future? This discussion takes a look at the past\, present\, and future of an equitable future in the arts. Binkady-Emmanuel Hié\, a writer\, consultant\, and activist who has worked as a fundraiser for the Paris Opera\, will share his thoughts on diversity and equity at the opera and in the arts.  \nA graduate of La Sorbonne\, Hié worked for several years as a fundraiser at the Paris Opera before launching NORME\, an agency that provides consulting services on DEI and management services. \nIn 2020\, following the BLM movement and during the global pandemic\, Hié\, along with five dancers co-wrote a manifesto titled  “De la question raciale à l’Opéra de Paris\,” which called for effective anti-discrimination policies at the Opera.  The company responded with a 66-page report on diversity at the Paris Opera. Hié discusses what changes were made after the report\, and delves into the history of Black figures in the arts from France. \nHié is the author of the book\, VISIBLE! Figures noires de l’Histoire de France\, which highlights Black figures in French History. The book will be published in October 2023. In a conversation with Apres Josephine’s Lyneka Little\, Hié shares his thoughts on race\, diversity\, and equity at a time when diversity & inclusion initiatives are under fire. \nThis event is in partnership with Après Josephine. \nAbout the speakers:  \nAfter graduating from La Sorbonne\, Binkady-Emmanuel Hié left his law career to work as a fundraiser at the Paris Opera. Following the BLM movement\, he co-wrote a manifesto that tackled the racial issues inside this institution and echoed worldwide. In 2021\, he founded NORME\, an agency that provides consulting services on diversity & inclusion\, management services for artists such as ballet dancer Guillaume Diop\, and develops creative projects. His first book\, VISIBLE !\, that highlights Black figures in French History\, will be published in October 2023. \nLyneka Little is the founder of Après Josephine. She is also the Audience Engagement Editor for the Prison Journalism Project\, an award-winning nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated writers. Previously\, she worked at the Wall Street Journal\, ImpactAlpha and ABC News. She has bylines in YoungEntrepreneur.com\, Jet Magazine\, People Magazine and various other publications. She holds a journalism degree from Howard University.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Hié and Little will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hie23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231127T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231127T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231012T133738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T125514Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Writing Politics with Giuliano da Empoli
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How can fiction operate as a tool for political analysis? What fresh insights might we unlock by understanding geopolitical actors as characters? \nGiuliano da Empoli is an accomplished political essayist and social commentator. His recent debut novel\, Le Mage du Kremlin (translated into English as The Wizard of the Kremlin) quickly garnered international attention\, becoming a popular hit in France\, Italy\, and beyond. The novel centers on a fictionalized version of a real person: Vladislav Surkov\, a former adviser to Vladimir Putin. \nSpeaking about his decision to tell this story through fiction\, rather than a political essay\, da Empoli stated: “[A]t the heart of power\, and Russian power in particular\, there are elements of paradox\, a permanent contradiction\, an irrationality that only literature could transcribe.” (“[A]u cœur du pouvoir\, et du pouvoir russe en particulier\, il y a des éléments de paradoxe\, une contradiction permanente\, une irrationalité que seule la littérature pouvait transcrire.”) Join us to learn more about da Empoli’s novel\, his political research\, and his thoughts on the relationship between fact and fiction. \nThis program has been produced in partnership with Le Conversazioni\, an international festival that hosts stimulating conversations with writers\, philosophers\, artists\, and other distinguished guests. The author will appear in conversation with Antonio Monda\, founder of the festival.  \nAbout the speakers:  \nGiuliano da Empoli is an Italian and Swiss political scientist and writer. He teaches at Sciences Po Paris and has published fourteen books on subjects ranging from information overload (Overdose\, 2002) to national-populist spin doctors (Les ingénieurs du chaos\, 2019). He was Deputy Mayor for Culture in Florence (2009-2012) and a Senior Advisor to the Italian Prime Minister (2014-2016). His first novel\, Le Mage du Kremlin (Gallimard\, 2022) was awarded the Grand Prix de l’Académie française and is currently being translated in over 30 languages. \nAntonio Monda is the founder and Artistic Director of Le Conversazioni and has directed the Rome Film Festival between 2015 and 2021. He has curated exhibitions for the MoMA\, the Guggenheim and the Lincoln Center and is currently consulting for the Louvre. He teaches at NYU and is a columnist for RAI and a regular contributor for La Repubblica. The ninth chapter of his ten-volume saga about New York was recently published. His books have been translated into eleven languages.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nListen to Italian journalist Alain Elkann’s interview with Giuliano da Empoli. \nRead the New York Times’ reporting on the political influence of da Empoli’s novel here. \nLe Conversazioni is an international festival founded in 2006 by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini. Initially dedicated exclusively to literature\, it’s field of interest and reflections has spread to other disciplines. Watch this video on some of their recent guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/daempoli23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231122T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231012T132500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T151311Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Scamming the American Dream with Kirstin Chen and Grace Ly
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kirstin Chen’s Counterfeit is a sly novel that defies expectations\, twisting and turning in ways that produce a sharp inversion of Asian and Asian American stereotypes. The novel follows Ava Wong\, a Chinese American lawyer and mother whose life is upended when she is pulled into an international scam to sell counterfeit luxury purses. As the novel moves along\, Chen peels back layers of irony and deception\, revealing the ways in which Ava’s story plays with biases – in order to subvert them.  \nIn this exclusive event\, Chen will reflect upon some of the core themes of her work\, including Asian American identity\, cultural belonging\, and feminism. Along the way\, we’ll learn about how Chen uses plot twists\, humor\, and other narrative techniques to achieve her incisive cultural commentary. The conversation will be moderated by writer and podcaster Grace Ly.  \nAbout the speakers: \nKirstin Chen is the author of three novels: Counterfeit\, Bury What We Cannot Take\, and Soy Sauce for Beginners. Her forthcoming book\, Tech Wives\, unmasks the myth of tech founders as solitary geniuses by contemplating the women who enable their success. \nGrace Ly is a writer and podcaster based in Paris\, France. She is the author of « Est-ce que tu as faim ? (Are you hungry?) » (2023)\, a children’s book illustrated by Mélody Ung and a novel “Jeune fille modèle” (Model Teenager) (2018). The webseries “Ça reste entre nous” (« Just between us ») focuses on the plurality of paths and choices of French East and South-East Asians along 6 episodes. Since 2018\, she co-hosts the podcast “Kiffe ta race” with journalist and director Rokhaya Diallo and explores how race affects everyday life in France.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nThe New York Times describes Counterfeit as “an entertaining\, luxurious read — but beneath its glitz and flash\, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority.” Read the rest of the review here. \nKirstin Chen joined Lit Hub columnist Jane Ciabattari for a conversation about Counterfeit and its deconstruction of the “myth of the model minority.” Read their conversation here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Chen will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Counterfeit will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chen23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231121T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231012T131545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T131914Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Le Conversazioni: An Evening with Pascal Bruckner
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Delve into the worldview of Pascal Bruckner\, a luminary who defies categorization. Bruckner is a prolific philosopher\, a critic of contemporary French culture\, a political commentator\, and an accomplished novelist. For nearly half a century\, his polemical philosophies have generated conversation and sparked debate. Topics of his writing have ranged from critiques of Western “guilt” to a meditation on the failures of modern marriage. \nThis program has been produced in partnership with Le Conversazioni\, an international festival that hosts stimulating conversations with writers\, philosophers\, artists\, and other distinguished guests. Bruckner will appear in conversation with Antonio Monda\, founder of the festival.  \nAbout the speakers:  \nPascal Bruckner gained widespread prominence with his 1981 novel Lunes de fiel (Evil Angels)\, which was later adapted into the 1992 film Bitter Moon.  He has since written more than a dozen books\, including The Temptation of Innocence: Living in the Age of Entitlement\, The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism\, and Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to Be Happy. \nAntonio Monda is the founder and Artistic Director of Le Conversazioni and has directed the Rome Film Festival between 2015 and 2021. He has curated exhibitions for the MoMA\, the Guggenheim and the Lincoln Center and is currently consulting for the Louvre. He teaches at NYU and is a columnist for RAI and a regular contributor for La Repubblica. The ninth chapter of his ten-volume saga about New York was recently published. His books have been translated into eleven languages.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn 2010\, upon the release of his book The Tyranny of Guilt\, Pascal Bruckner participated in an extensive interview with British journalist Nick Cohen. Watch the interview here. \nLe Conversazioni is an international festival founded in 2006 by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini. Initially dedicated exclusively to literature\, it’s field of interest and reflections has spread to other disciplines. Watch this video on some of their recent guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bruckner23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231116T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231116T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231012T122614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T161859Z
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SUMMARY:(In Person at the Center for Fiction) Stitches\, Secrets\, Shame: Jazmina Barrera\, Christina MacSweeney\, and Leanne Shapton present Cross-Stitch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In person at the Center for Fiction (Brooklyn\, NY) and over Zoom\, join Jazmina Barrera\, Christina MacSweeney\, and Leanne Shapton for a conversation about travel\, art\, identity\, and translation. \nStitches\, secrets\, shame: Mexican writer Jazmina Barrera’s first novel\, Cross-Stitch\, translated into English by Christina MacSweeney\, stitches together a coming-of-age story with a feminist history and theory of embroidery. Mila\, Citlali\, and Dalia\, childhood friends now college-aged\, leave Mexico City for the London of The Clash and the Paris of Gustave Courbet. They anticipate the bookstores\, cafés\, and crushes\, but not the realization that they are steadily\, inevitably growing apart. \nThat feels like forever ago. Mila\, now a writer and a new mother\, has just published a book on needlecraft\, an art form long dismissed as “women’s work.” After hearing that her old friend Citlali has drowned\, Mila begins to reminisce about their years together for the first time since becoming a wife and mother. What has come of all the nights the three friends spent embroidering together in silence?  \nThe discussion will take place at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn\, New York. The conversation will be streamed on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAccess to this event requires registration through the Center for Fiction. Click on the button below to RSVP.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcenterforfiction.org%2Fevent%2Fthe-international-library-and-celebrate-mexico-now-stitches-secrets-shame-with-jazmina-barrera-and-christina-macsweeney%2F|target:_blank”][vc_column_text]About the speakers: \n\nJazmina Barrera’s books have been published in nine countries and translated to English\, Dutch\, Portuguese\, Italian\, and French. Her book Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) was awarded the Latin American Voices prize by Literal Publishing\, and On Lighthouses was chosen for the Indie Next list by IndieBound. Linea Nigra was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize\, the National Book Critics Circle Autobiography Prize\, CANIEM’s Book of the Year award\, and the Amazon Primera Novela (First Novel) Award. She is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City. \nChristina MacSweeney’s work has been recognized in a number of important awards\, and her translation of Valeria Luiselli’s The Story of My Teeth was awarded the Valle Inclán Translation Prize and also shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. Her most recent translations include works by Daniel Saldaña París\, Elvira Navarro\, Verónica Gerber Bicecci\, Julián Herbert\, and Karla Suárez. \n\nLeanne Shapton is a Canadian author\, artist\, illustrator\, art director and editor based in New York City. She is the author of Swimming Studies\, which won the National Book Critic’s Circle Award Award for autobiography in 2012; The Native Trees of Canada; Was She Pretty; Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris\, Including Books\, Street Fashion\, and Jewelry; Sunday Night Movies;  Women in Clothes co-edited with Sheila Heti and Heidi Julavits; and most recently Guestbook: Ghost Stories. Leanne published a children’s book in 2018 called Toys Talking. She has taught creative writing in the graduate degree programs at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College. Leanne was the art director of the New York Times op ed page\, is co-founder of the non-profit art bio publisher J&L Books\, and since 2021 has worked as the art editor at The New York Review of Books. \nAbout the International Library series:  \nThis conversation is part of the International Library\, a new series launched in collaboration with the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn and the Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco which will offer conversations across time\, place\, and language.  \nThe International Library celebrates the live diffusion of in-person conversations in the hope of connecting new audiences across land and sea for a collective\, intercultural experience. These conversations will broach deeper questions about writing and translation as we learn to think critically about how stories are told\, investigating the points of view\, the timing of the translations\, and the intended or assumed audiences as well as inspiration\, philosophy\, and craft.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54509″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cross-stitch23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231115T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231016T074032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T163047Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) How to Criticize with Lauren Oyler
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]In-person registration for this event is now closed. Please fill out the form below to register to attend online.[/vc_message][vc_column_text]The first step to becoming a better writer is becoming a better reader. But what makes a piece of writing—whether a book or blog post\, essay or cover letter—”good”? Who determines that criteria\, and does it even matter?  \nJoin Scholar of Note Lauren Oyler for a special 90-minute session devoted to criticism. Hailed “the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation” by the Times\, Lauren is celebrated for her irreverence\, wit\, and willingness to dissent from popular opinion. Blending personal narrative with cutting analysis\, her writing seizes upon micro- and macro-phenomena\, from semicolons to the moralization of art\, in order to capture the essence of life and culture in the twenty-first century.  \nAt the Library\, after a preliminary discussion of her work and an audience Q&A\, Lauren will engage participants in a criticism workshop. We’ll talk about our favorite books\, our least favorite books\, and why we love what we love and hate what we hate. Using texts from Renata Adler\, Patricia Lockwood\, Susan Sontag\, and others\, we’ll discuss how to respond critically and creatively to others’ work\, and learn reading techniques that will help you become a more attentive\, imaginative\, and occasionally even harsh reader and writer. Book recommendations are included. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more:  \nLauren’s forthcoming book No Judgment\, scheduled for release in March 2024\, presents a series of essays on “gossip\, Goodreads\, Berlin\, autofiction\, vulnerability\, anxiety\, spoilers\, and revenge.” Read about it here.  \nLauren is famous for her honest\, and intelligent essays on life and culture\, from astrology to the digital age. No topic is off limits for her. Read her take-down of celebrity worship\, cruise lines the wellness industry in a recent article. \nAbout the speaker: \nLauren Oyler is a critic and novelist based in Berlin. Her writing appears regularly in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, Harper’s\, the London Review of Books\, and many other publications. Her first novel\, Fake Accounts\, was published in 2021 and shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. A collection of her essays\, all previously unpublished\, will appear in 2024. She is a 2023—24 Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris.  \nThe American Library in Paris Scholar of Note program is generously sponsored by the de Groot Foundation.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Oyler will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. Participation in the workshop will be limited to in-person attendees only. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]In-person registration for this event is now closed. Please fill out the form below to register to attend online.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/oyler23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231006T120507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T145721Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) From Cliques to Politics with Simon Kuper and Ian Leslie
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How did a tight-knit circle of Oxford-educated elites come to dominate the British political landscape? And what does Oxford’s outsized role in churning out Conservative leaders reveal about the health of the UK’s political system? \nIn his book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the U.K.\, Simon Kuper traces some of the biggest names in the British Conservative Party – including Boris Johnson\, David Cameron\, Jacob Rees-Mogg\, and more – to their formative years at Oxford. Kuper pulls back the curtain on the debating tactics and cultivated affectations\, the friendships and the rivalries\, that swept through Oxford in the second half of the twentieth century\, and that continue to exert a powerful grip on British politics. Join us to hear Kuper engage in conversation with journalist and 2018—19 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Ian Leslie about the state of British politics today. \nAbout the Speakers: \nSimon Kuper has lived in several countries around the world\, including Uganda\, the Netherlands\, the UK\, the US\, and France. His journalistic specialisms are equally wide-ranging: he writes on topics from politics to urban policy to soccer. Kuper publishes a popular weekly column in FT Magazine. His latest book\, Chums\, was a Sunday Times bestseller\, and his 1994 book Soccer Against the Enemy won the William Hill prize for Sports Book of the Year. \nIan Leslie is a journalist\, writer\, and speaker who specializes in human behavior. He was a Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris in 2019. His books include Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together and Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian\, The Economist\, The New Statesman\, and the Financial Times. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn his book Soccernomics\, Simon Kuper draws from business and economic concepts to shed light on the world’s most popular sport. Watch him in an interview about the economics behind the 2022 World Cup. \nThe New York Times printed a profile of Simon Kuper and his latest book\, Chums\, in 2022. Read it here. \nIan Leslie co-hosted a podcast series called Polarised\, which explored the divisive nature of contemporary politics and culture. You can find all of the Polarised episodes here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the U.K will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/kuperleslie23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231108T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231010T133851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T143404Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Translating Words and Worlds with Daniel Levin Becker
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We live in an age of machine-enabled translation\, with programs like Google Translate and ChatGPT always available at our fingertips. What does machine translation get right about language – and what does it miss? What makes for a good translation? How does the act of translating literature help us to think about the pleasures and the idiosyncrasies of words? \nIf anyone can help us to reach new depths of understanding about language and translation\, it’s Daniel Levin Becker. At the age of 24\, Levin Becker became the youngest member of Oulipo\, a group of writers and mathematicians who experiment with the mechanics of language. His recent translation of Laurent Mauvignier’s nail-biting thriller The Birthday Party has been met with widespread praise. As Anthony Cummins reported in The Guardian\, Levin Becker’s “endlessly segmented sentences\, which snap and crunch with his convincingly apt choices\, surely gave his ingenuity a workout.” \nJoin us at the Library to hear Levin Becker’s stimulating perspectives on wordplay\, style\, translation\, and more. \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nDaniel Levin Becker is a writer\, translator\, and music critic. He is the author of Many Subtle Channels and What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language and the translator of several works\, including Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party. His forthcoming translations include Éric Chevillard’s Museum Visits and Jakuta Alikavazovic’s Like a Sky Inside. He has been a member of the Oulipo since 2009.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nDaniel Levin Becker wrote a three-part “translation diary” that details his process for translating The Birthday Party. He reflects on his role as translator: “I’m responsible not only for what the words mean but also for the spaces between them\, for the way they fit together or\, as the case may be\, don’t — and\, if not\, why not.” For more insights into Levin Becker’s process\, check out Part I\, Part II\, and Part III of his translation diary. \nThe American Library had the pleasure of hosting Daniel Levin Becker last year for a fascinating conversation about his book What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language. You can watch that program here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Levin Becker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of The Birthday Party will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/levinbecker23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231107T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231107T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T141220
CREATED:20231006T113457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T115842Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Fact and Fiction: A Journalism Masterclass with Madeleine Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Everyone reads the news\, but how do journalists actually determine what’s new and true? A piece of news can quickly feel like it’s always been circulating. But the gap between hearsay and truth requires more than a bit of digging. In this workshop\, we’ll be exploring how reporting happens\, focusing on demystifying the process from the question through publication. How do journalists follow their instincts? How do they weigh fact and fiction? How do they know when to publish? Ideal for aspiring journalists and avid news readers alike\, this masterclass will reveal the hidden secrets of the trade\, helping us all become better readers\, thinkers\, and citizens. \nIn partnership with the Dial. \nAbout the speaker:  \nMadeleine Schwartz lives in Paris\, where she writes about the rise of the far right\, urban politics and art fraud. Her work appears in the London Review of Books\, the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books\, where she previously worked as an editor. In 2019\, her article “The End of Atlanticism: Has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?” won the European Press Prize. She teaches journalism at Sciences Po.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nMadeleine recently appeared in conversation with the editors-in-chief of Forbidden Stories\, an organization dedicated to publishing the stories journalists were silenced for writing. Rewatch the conversation.  \n“The world’s little magazine\,” The Dial is a new online magazine of culture\, politics\, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world. A space where daring writers stage global conversations unconstrained by geography\, the publication spotlights writers who write the world as they see it—from wherever they might be. Check out their most recent issue\, whose theme is ‘weapons.’ [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Schwartz will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/schwartz23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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