How do trends become trends? What makes something popular? Inaugural speakers in our Evenings with an Author marquee series W. David Marx and B.J. Novak confront the mystery of culture.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
A bilingual book launch places Emily Dickinson in conversation with American modernist painting. Explore the voices and visions of modernist America.
John Ashbery, one of the most celebrated poets of American history, is revealed in a never-before-seen light. Discover where life and poetry intertwine with historian Karin Roffman.
Two experts discuss the traditions of French winemaking and contemporary revolutions in the industry. What are we to make of the new French wine?
Have we lost our ability to pay attention? Faced with a world designed to distract us, how can we control what we see and how we see it?
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Co-sponsored by Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, and the American Library in Paris as part of our Entre Nous series. Nina MacLaughlin discusses her novel Wake, Siren.
Renowned poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain reflects upon the complicated fabric of Chinese identity and diaspora in debut novel Dear Chrysanthemums.
From Joyce to Stein, discover two vital agents and American Library in Paris members responsible for the most significant franco-anglophone literary exchanges of early 20th-century Paris.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Adults don’t have to miss out on the Halloween fun! Join us for a hauntingly good time featuring specialty cocktails (free boos!), a spooktacular silent disco, and a costume contest that’s to die for!
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.
