(Zoom Tickets Available) A Memoir of the Village Voice Bookshop with Odile Hellier and Alan Riding
How a humble Paris bookshop became a great literary hub.
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The American Library in Paris
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(Hybrid) The Ghosts of Paris with Lauren Elkin and Daniel Medin
The American Library in ParisAcclaimed writer Lauren Elkin investigates marriage, pregnancy, and Parisian life across decades in Scaffolding.
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(Hybrid) Abraham Lincoln’s Great Chain-Reaction with Don Doyle and Denis Lacorne
The American Library in ParisHow Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas.
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(Hybrid) Entre Nous: Can Libraries Control the World? With Seth Kimmel and Lauren Robertson
The American Library in ParisProfessor Seth Kimmel analyzes how the model of a library was used as a tool of Spanish colonialism.
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Screening: State Legislature at the Cinémathèque du documentaire
Cinémathèque du documentaire 25 Rue du Renard, Paris, FranceScreen Fred Wiseman's film State Legislature at the Cinémathèque du documentaire in the presence of Lauren Collins and Jordan Mintzer.
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How Ike Eisenhower Led America with Susan Eisenhower and Elaine Sciolino
The American Library in ParisHow President Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time, by Susan Eisenhower, a DC policy strategist and security expert who is also his granddaughter.
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Giraffe Mania: Paris as City of Natural History with Scholar of Note A. Kendra Greene
The American Library in ParisJoin Scholar of Note A. Kendra Greene to trace the wondrous journey of Zarafa the Giraffe to Paris and learn about natural history collections at the intersection of science and art.
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(Online) The International Library: Queer Migrations
The Center for Fiction 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThe London Library welcomes Gaar Adams and Sulaiman Addonia, two writers whose new works consider the complex intersections of queerness and migration.
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French Cooking with an American Touch with Rosa Jackson, Jane Bertch, and Alec Lobrano
The American Library in ParisTwo long-time French residents and culinary experts, Rosa Jackson and Jane Bertch discuss their respective memoirs, Niçoise and The French Ingredient.
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The Body is a Battleground with Fernanda Eberstadt and Benjamin Moser
The American Library in ParisUnpacking the body’s role in resistance, beauty, and the quest for freedom.
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Screening: Fred Wiseman’s Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
The American Library in ParisIn partnership with la Bibliothèque publique d'information du Centre Pompidou, join us for a screening of Wiseman's renowned film on the New York Public Library.
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The Real Fictional Housewives of Silicon Valley with novelists Kirstin Chen and Colombe Schneck
The American Library in ParisScholar of Note and novelist Kirstin Chen in conversation with novelist Colombe Schneck.