Three environment experts discuss how legislation can lead us away from climate catastrophe.
The parking lot exercises a tyrannical grip over American geography. Join author Henry Grabar and journalist Simon Kuper in asking: how has the storage of cars taken priority over human life?
From North Indian classical music to American folk, novelist and musician Amit Chaudhuri speaks on dissonant forms of sound and listening’s universal power.
Two of the most innovative poets of our age explore creativity, collaboration, and the ways different art forms can intersect and enrich one another.
New York Times Paris Bureau Chief Roger Cohen reflects on a life devoted to on-the-ground reporting, defense of the free press, and writing for a shared humanity.
Join reporters who publish the stories that journalists were silenced for writing. What is a forbidden story, and how can we protect free speech?
Critically acclaimed author Gunnhild Øyehaug, celebrated as “master of the short story,” presents Evil Flowers: a playful new story collection full of Baudelarian wit.
What does it mean to be Caribbean in the 21st century? The International Library and Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival present Elektrik: Francophone Literature in Glittering Translations.
What might a mountain lion have to say about Los Angeles? Experience modern life, weird sex, climate collapse, and gender questioning through the eyes of California’s most famous, ill-fated puma in Henry Hoke’s rambunctious new work, Open Throat.
A major voice in African literature makes a special appearance at the American Library to discuss writing the story of resistance.
Scholar of Note Ladee Hubbard provides an exclusive preview of her current project: a literary survey of marginalized women, from Eurydice to the femme fatale to Black women today.
Paris, like all urban centers, has a long history of gentrification. What does this look like today? What will it mean for the Paris of the future?
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