The Body is a Battleground with Fernanda Eberstadt and Benjamin Moser
2024-11-20 19:30 - 20:30 (Europe/Paris) | The American Library in Paris
Part memoir, part history, Bite Your Friends: Stories of the Body Militant explores the lives of a handful of outrageously brave men and women—saints, philosophers, artists–who have used their own wounded or stigmatized bodies to challenge society.
From the time of the Ancient Greek thinkers, to anti-Putin demonstrators, and even in the life of the author’s mother, Fernanda Eberstadt investigates how advocates have literally put their bodies on the line to further their causes.
This event will be moderated by Benjamin Moser.
About the speakers:
Fernanda Eberstadt was born in New York City. She has published five novels and one work of nonfiction, a memoir about her friendship with a family of Rom musicians in Southern France. She has written for publications including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, Vogue, and Granta, and is an editor at large for the European Review of Books.
Benjamin Moser is the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book of 2009. For his work bringing Clarice Lispector to international prominence, including through publishing her complete works in English, he received Brazil’s first State Prize for Cultural Diplomacy. For Sontag: Her Life and Work, he won the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, was published in October 2023. He lives in the Netherlands and France. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

History Tour: 1920s Edition
2024-11-22 11:00 - 12:00 | The American Library in Paris
Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy?
The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover:

Our origin story, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troops in WWI
The establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library
The famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris
Our Paris Library School, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s

All tours are on Fridays at 11h00, last one hour, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris.
Tours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please contact us if you wish to reserve for 5 or more people (do not reserve through the site).
For school or group reservations, or for other questions, please email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org.
This initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture.
Attendance 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.

Screening: Fred Wiseman's Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2024-11-26 18:00 - 21:30 | The American Library in Paris
As part of Frederick Wiseman, nos humanités • Chapitre 1, a retrospective with la Bibliothèque publique d’information du Centre Pompidou, join us for a screening of Ex Libris, Wiseman’s renowned film on the New York Public Library.
Behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world: the New York Public Library. The Library strives to inspire learning, advance knowledge and strengthen communities. It is one of the most democratic institutions in America – everyone is welcome.
Screen the film in the American Library’s famed Florence Gould Reading Room. Runtime: 03 hours 17 min. VO: English, Subtitles: French
About Frederick Wiseman, nos humanités, the retrospective:
La cinémathèque du documentaire à la Bpi presents a complete retrospective of Frederick Wiseman’s work, to coincide with the restoration of 33 of his films. This retrospective will take place in two phases: chapter 1 in autumn 2024, chapter 2 in winter 2025. Discover the full program. Important information: The screening will be in person only. Attendance 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.

The Real Fictional Housewives of Silicon Valley with novelists Kirstin Chen and Colombe Schneck
2024-11-27 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Delve into the myth of genius perpetuated by the tech industry and its destructive consequences. This discussion will explore themes of sanctioned vs. unsanctioned criminality, the complicity of tech wives in their partners’ dominance, and our collective roles as consumers of technology, highlighting the urgent need to resist the unchecked power of Big Tech.
About the speakers:
Kirstin 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.
Kirstin Chen is also a 2024-25 American Library in Paris Scholar of Note.
Colombe Schneck is the author of eleven books of fiction and non-fiction. She has received prizes from the Académie Française, Madame Figaro and the Society of French Writers. The recipient of scholarships from the Villa Medicis in Rome and the Institut Français, as well as a Stendhal grant which allows French writers to do research and write abroad, she also spent fifteen years as a broadcaster for Canal Plus, France TV and Radio France. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

How Did Trump Win?
2024-12-03 19:00 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Fresh from the campaign trail, four journalists unpack Trump’s victory. How did the Democrats lose so badly? What does this imply about America and what does it mean for the country’s future? What are the ramifications for the rest of the world? And how did pundits, media analysts, and pollsters make such incorrect assumptions about the political mood in the U.S. ? Join us to ask questions and discuss the year’s seismic events in the U.S.
This event is in partnership with the Overseas Press Club.
This event is currently sold out. Zoom tickets are still available.
About the Panelists:
Richard Fausset, The New York Times. Based in Atlanta, Fausset writes about conservative politics, and covered Trump’s campaign. He has focused on the politics of the South, gun ownership, race, and poverty.
Vivian Salama, The Wall Street Journal. (Joining on Zoom from Washington.) Salama has been on the campaign trail all year, and covered Trump’s first term. She has reported from about 85 countries, including as AP’s Baghdad bureau chief, and been based in the UAE, Pakistan, Egypt, and Israel/Palestine. She is also an attorney and member of the District of Columbia bar.
Sylvie Kauffmann, Le Monde. Columnist for Le Monde and the paper’s former Editor-in-Chief, Kauffmann was previously a longtime foreign correspondent, with postings in the U.S., London, Moscow, and Singapore.
Ben Barnier, France Info TV. Senior correspondent for France Televisions news channel, Barnier co-anchored a nightly program on air during the campaign’s final weeks, and covered the Trump campaign. Barnier previously worked for ABC News, and is a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism.
Moderator: Vivienne Walt, Paris Correspondent for TIME & Fortune Magazines. Walt has reported from dozens of countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, for TIME and Fortune Magazines. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, and other publications. She is a governor of the Overseas Press Club of America, the U.S.’s oldest organization for foreign correspondents.
About the Overseas Press Club:
The Overseas Press Club of America is the nation’s oldest and largest association of journalists engaged in international news. Every year, it awards the most prestigious prizes devoted exclusively to international news coverage. It was founded in 1939 by nine foreign correspondents in New York City, and has grown to nearly 400 members worldwide. The club’s mission is to uphold the highest standards in news reporting, advance press freedom and promote good fellowship among colleagues while educating a new generation of journalists. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

History Tour at the Library
2024-12-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-13 11:00 - 12:00 | The American Library in Paris
The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover:

Our origin story, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troops in WWI
The establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library
The famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris
Our Paris Library School, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s
The true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII
How the Library has evolved over its 104-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent

All tours are on Fridays at 11h00, last one hour, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris.
Tours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please contact us if you wish to reserve for 5 or more people (do not reserve through the site).
For school or group reservations, or for other questions, please email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org.
This initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture.
Attendance 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.

Baya, an Algerian Outsider Artist in Post-War Paris with Alice Kaplan and James McAuley
2024-12-11 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
In the first biography of Baya, Yale professor Alice Kaplan recounts how this young woman seemingly trapped in subsistence farming became a sensation in Paris in 1947, then mysteriously faded from the history of modern art—only to reemerge after independence as an icon of Algerian artistic heritage.
This event will be moderated by James McAuley.
About the speakers:
Alice Kaplan is Sterling Professor of French at Yale. She is the author of many books at the intersection of literature and history, including Looking for the Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic and The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach. Co-founder of the Yale Translation Initiative, former Guggenheim Fellow, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of the French Légion d’Honneur as well the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History (for The Collaborator), Alice is a proud member of the American Library in Paris Writers Council.
James McAuley is the author of The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 2022. He is a former Paris correspondent for the Washington Post, and his writing has been anthologized in the Best American Essays of 2024. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake
2025-01-08 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake, Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and longlisted for the National Book Award, is a darkly funny and propulsive noir about an American woman infiltrating a French anarchist collective. Seduction, deceit, and power collide in this dazzling tale of strategy and desire.
About the speakers:
Rachel Kushner is the author of the novels Creation Lake, The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, and Telex from Cuba, a book of short stories, The Strange Case Of Rachel K, and The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020. She has won the Prix Médicis and been a finalist for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, the James Tait Black Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. Her fiction has been published in the New Yorker and the Paris Review, and her nonfiction in Harpers and the New York Times Magazine.
Rachel Donadio, the Library’s Curator of Cultural Programs, is a Paris-based writer, journalist and critic, a contributing writer for the Atlantic, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former European Culture Correspondent and Rome Bureau Chief of the New York Times. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

History Tour at the Library
2025-01-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-24 11:00 - 12:00 | The American Library in Paris
The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover:

Our origin story, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troops in WWI
The establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library
The famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris
Our Paris Library School, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s
The true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII
How the Library has evolved over its 105-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent

All tours are on Fridays at 11h00, last one hour, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris.
Tours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please contact us if you wish to reserve for 5 or more people (do not reserve through the site).
For school or group reservations, or for other questions, please email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org.
This initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture.
Attendance 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.

Meghan O'Rourke on The Invisible Kingdom
2025-01-14 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses, poorly understood and often invisible, affects millions of Americans, from autoimmune diseases to long COVID. In The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness, a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, Meghan O’Rourke blends personal experience with a decade of research, uncovering the history and misconceptions behind these elusive conditions. This conversation will be moderated by Clémentine Goldszal, a frequent contributor to Elle and Le Monde Magazine.
About the speakers:
Meghan O’Rourke is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness and The Long Goodbye, as well as the poetry collections Sun In Days, Once, and Halflife. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, and more. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Radcliffe Fellowship, and a Whiting Nonfiction Award, she resides in New Haven, where she teaches at Yale University and is the editor of The Yale Review.
Clémentine Goldszal writes about culture and literature for Elle and Le Monde Magazine. She likes to tell stories about how books, movies and the people who make them shape the world we live in. She lived in Los Angeles for three years in the early 2010s and is now based in her hometown of Paris. Her first book of non-fiction, Premiers cris, will be out in France on January 24th (Le Seuil), and will be available in 2026 in the UK (Pushkin Press). 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Claire Messud on This Strange Eventful History
2025-01-15 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
A work of breathtaking historical sweep and vivid psychological intimacy, This Strange Eventful History (Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize) charts the Cassars’ unfolding story as its members move between Salonica and Algeria, the US, Cuba, Canada, Argentina, Australia and France – their itinerary shaped as much by a search for an elusive wholeness, as by the imperatives of politics, faith, family, industry and desire.
Join us with a conversation with author Claire Messud, moderated by Distinguished Professor, novelist, critic, and translator Dan Gunn.
About the speakers:
Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of a Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.
Dan Gunn is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature & English at The American University of Paris. He is a novelist, critic, and translator. His critical works include Psychoanalysis and Fiction: an exploration of literary and psychoanalytic borders and Wool-gathering or How I Ended Analysis. His novels include Almost You and Body Language. He is Director of AUP’s Center for Writers & Translators and Series Editor of the ‘Cahiers Series’. He was co-editor of the four-volume Letters of Samuel Beckett and is currently editing The Letters of Muriel Spark. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Crafting Personal Narratives with Melissa Febos
2025-01-22 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Join us for a lecture on the power, necessity, ethics, and craft of narrative writing. Inspired by Melissa Febos‘s essay “In Praise of Navel-Gazing” in her most recent book Body Work, participate in generative exercises to leave the event with short drafts to expand and revise on your own.
About the speaker:
Melissa Febos is the author of four books, including the national bestselling essay collection, Girlhood, which has been translated into eight languages and was a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and named a notable book of 2021 by NPR, Time, The Washington Post, and others. Her craft book, Body Work (2022), was also a national bestseller, an LA Times Bestseller, and an Indie Next Pick. Her fifth book, The Dry Season, is forthcoming from Alfred. A. Knopf on June 3, 2025. She is currently an 2024-25 American Library Scholar of Note. Important information: The discussion will be available in person only.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Maylis de Kerangal on Canoes and Eastbound
2025-01-29 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
In Canoes, Maylis de Kerangal explores the haunting, transformative power of voice through the eyes of a young Parisian woman navigating life in rural Colorado. Seven interconnected stories, brimming with wit and intimacy, reveal how language and voice shape identity, obsession, and connection.
In Eastbound, a Russian conscript and a French woman cross paths on the Trans-Siberian railroad, each fleeing to the east for their own reasons.
This conversation will be moderated by Donatien Grau, Head of Contemporary Programs at the Musée du Louvre.
About the speakers:
Maylis de Kerangal is the author of numerous novels, collections of short stories, novellas and narratives, published with Verticales, including Naissance d’un pont (Prix Médicis 2010), Tangente vers l’est (Prix Landerneau 2012), Réparer les vivants (2014), Un monde à portée de main (2018) and Canoës (2021). Her books are translated into thirty-six languages.
Donatien Grau is a long-time friend and conversation-partner of Maylis de Kerangal. In his previous position as Head of Contemporary Programs at the Musée d’Orsay, he collaborated with the author on her 2019-2020 residence as well as on the 2021 exhibition of Maylis de Kerangal and Jean-Philippe Delhomme, « Légendes des réserves ». 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Rebuilding Notre-Dame
2025-02-05 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
This event is part of Ways of Seeing, a special series exploring the connections between storytelling, creativity, and the visual world. Join the conversation and attend events featuring cultural luminaries. Learn more →
Five years after the devastating 2019 fire, Notre Dame has reopened to the public, thanks to the tireless efforts of thousands of workers in a €900 million restoration. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges, triumphs, and artistry that brought Notre Dame back to life.
New York Times journalist Aurelien Breeden, carpenter Hank Silver, architect Axelle Ponsonnet, and photographer Tomas Van Houtryve will share their unique perspectives on the restoration process. Moderated by Erin Ogunkeye, broadcast journalist with France 24.
About the speakers:
Aurelien Breeden is a Franco-American journalist who has been a reporter at the Paris bureau of The New York Times for over a decade. He covers a broad spectrum of news, including the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral and the efforts to rebuild it. He has a dual master’s degree in journalism and international affairs from Sciences Po university in Paris, where he teaches an eight-week writing and reporting workshop. He lives in Paris with his wife and three daughters.
Erin 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 realising 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 ‘Around the World’ from Thursday to Sunday.
Axelle Ponsonnet, an architect graduated from the École d’Architecture de Paris Belleville, has been involved in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral for the past four years, overseeing the lead roofing. Passionate about imagery and drawing, Axelle has been sketching the site since 2020, providing an intimate and privileged perspective on the rebuilding process of the iconic structure. Her book, “Balade dans Notre-Dame, carnet de chantier,” a unique and intimate exploration of the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral, is forthcoming.
Hank Silver is an American timber frame carpenter who has spent close to two years working on the restoration of Notre Dame de Paris. Born in New York City, Silver honed his craft in Vermont, before opening his own workshop in western Massachusetts. Since 2018, Silver has been a member of the France-based volunteer crew, Charpentiers sans frontières (Carpenters Without Borders) whose mission is the restoration of world carpentry heritage and the transmission of the skills and techniques to future generations of craftspeople. Silver currently resides in Paris.
Tomas van Houtryve is a Paris based artist, photographer and filmmaker whose major works interweave investigative journalism, philosophy and metaphor. Van Houtryve was selected to document the Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris after it was devastated by fire in 2019. With rare access to the rebuilding of the Paris icon, he made images using a wide range of techniques: 19th-century wet plate collodion, traditional photo reportage, and aerial drone videography. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

An Alternative History of Paris with Justinien Tribillon and Aaron Peck
2025-02-12 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Join us for an illuminating discussion on Justinien Tribillon‘s The Zone: An Alternative History of Paris, who explores the Parisian hinterland that has shaped the city’s identity for over two centuries. From its origins as defensive walls to its reinvention as the Boulevard Périphérique, The Zone offers a compelling perspective on the intricate social and spatial dynamics that define modern Paris.
This conversation will be moderated by author and critic Aaron Peck.
About the speakers:
Justinien Tribillon is a curator, writer, editor and educator with a transdisciplinary practice including social sciences, photography, architecture, history and design. He recently published The Zone: An Alternative History of Paris (Verso, 2024), Ruderal: Liquid Identities (Deux-cent-cinq, 2024) and Visible upon Breakdown (Spector Books, 2024). Justinien is a lecturer in History, theory and criticism at the École nationale supérieures des arts décoratifs in Paris. He received his PhD in Urban Studies from The Bartlett, University College London.
Aaron Peck is the author of Jeff Wall: North & West, Letters to the Pacific, and The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis. A literary and art critic, he writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and Aperture magazine. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Wheatley at 250: Celebrating the Legacy of America's First Published African-American Poet
2025-02-25 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry, revolutionized American literature with Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773). In celebration of her groundbreaking work and to mark its 250th anniversary, Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters brings together 20 Black female poets to reimagine her legacy and voice.
Join Danielle Legros Georges and Artress Bethany White, co-editors of the collection, and Florence Ladd, novelist and poet, as they discuss Wheatley’s impact on the literary world and how her work resonates today. This conversation, moderated by Professor and author Trica Keaton, will explore the transformative power of Wheatley’s words and the ongoing influence of Black women poets across generations.
About the speakers:
Danielle Legros Georges is a writer and editor whose work has been supported by fellowships from organizations including the American Antiquarian Society, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Black Metropolis Research Consortium. Appointed Boston’s Poet Laureate in 2014, she served in the role for four years. Her books include Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (Pangyrus, 2023); Blue Flare: Three Haitian Poets (Zephyr, 2024); and Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti-Congo Story (Beacon Press, 2025).
Artress Bethany White is a poet, essayist, and literary critic. Her third poetry collection, A Black Doe in the Anthropocene: Poems, is forthcoming from University Press of Kentucky in spring 2025 and chronicles her family’s history of enslavement in America. She is the recipient of the Trio Award for her poetry collection My Afmerica: poems (Trio House Press, 2019), selected by poet Sun Yung Shin. Her prose, Survivor’s Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity, received a 2022 Next Generation Finalist Indie Book Award. White is co-editor of the new anthology Wheatley at 250: Black Women Poets Re-imagine the Verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters. She is associate professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.
Florence Ladd is the author of two novels, Sarah’s Psalm and The Spirit of Josephine. She has published two chapbooks: Reclaiming Rose: A Suite of Poems and Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges and His Mother: An Epic. Other poems have been published in The Women’s Review of Books, The Progressive, The Rockhurst Review, Sweet Auburn, Beyond Slavery, Transition, The Golden Shovel Anthology, MUSE, Oberon and Renga for Obama. She co-founded Langston’s Legacy, a collective of poets. For decades, she lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and currently lives in Burgundy.
Trica Keaton is a professor and an interdisciplinary social scientist in the department of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College with affiliations in the departments of Sociology and Film and Media Studies. Her publications include #You Know You’re Black in France When…: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness. She is the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at French Institute for Advanced Study/ Iméra-Aix*Marseille Université, France 2024-2025. 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.
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Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Poverty, by America with Matthew Desmond and Lauren Collins
2025-03-18 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Why does poverty persist in the richest nation on earth? Acclaimed sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted, Matthew Desmond returns with Poverty, by America, a searing indictment of how the wealthiest Americans sustain inequality at the expense of the poor. Through history, research, and original reporting, Desmond exposes the systems that exploit and exclude, while offering a bold vision for poverty abolition and collective belonging.
The conversation will be moderated by Lauren Collins.
About the speaker:
Dr. Matthew Desmond is a Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and Founder of The Eviction Lab, which created the first national dataset on evictions in America. He is the author of five books, including Poverty, by America (2023) and Evicted (2016). His work, praised by The New Yorker and Esquire, examines why poverty persists in America. Desmond writes for The New York Times Magazine and other outlets. A past MacArthur Fellow, his research focuses on urban sociology, poverty, race, and ethnography.
Lauren Collins began contributing to the New Yorker in 2003 and became a staff writer in 2008. Her subjects have included Michelle Obama, Donatella Versace, the graffiti artist Banksy, Emmanuel Macron, the refugee crisis, and equal pay. Since 2015 she has been based in Paris, covering stories mainly from France. She is the author of When in French: Love in a Second Language, which the Times named as one of its 100 Notable Books of 2016. She is working on a second book, about a coup d’état perpetrated by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, and its effects over the past hundred and twenty years. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon on Leonardo da Vinci
2025-03-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Cinéma Le Champo, 51 Rue des Écoles, Paris, 75005, France
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Join us for an exclusive screening of a highlight reel from the recent PBS documentary Leonardo da Vinci, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon.
This intimate portrait explores the life of the fifteenth-century polymath, delving into his masterpieces, groundbreaking scientific pursuits, and complex personality.
After the screening, stay for a conversation with the acclaimed directors as they discuss the making of the film and the lasting impact of Leonardo’s genius.
About Leonardo da Vinci:
A 15th century polymath of soaring imagination and profound intellect, Leonardo da Vinci created some of the most revered works of art of all time, but his artistic endeavors often seemed peripheral to his pursuits in science and engineering. Through his paintings and thousands of pages of drawings and writings, Leonardo da Vinci explores one of humankind’s most curious and innovative minds.
Directed and produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon, written by David McMahon and Sarah Burns, and executive produced by Ken Burns. Important information: This is an offsite, ticketed event at Cinéma Le Champo (51 Rue des Écoles, 75005 Paris).

19:15 – Doors Open
19:30 – Introductions
19:35 – Screening Begins
20:10 – Q&A with filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon

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Les Années Folles at La Coupole
2025-03-20 20:30 - 23:00 | La Coupole, 102 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, 75014, France
Enter the iconic La Coupole dance hall in Paris’s 14th arrondissement and be transported back to the 1920s with a live jazz quartet, dance demonstrations, and a guest list of writers, artists, and friends of the Library. Last year’s inaugural event was a roaring success and the limited number of tickets will sell out quickly.
Les Années Folles at La Coupole!
Thursday 20 March 2025 at 20h30
La Coupole – 102, boulevard de Montparnasse 75014 Paris
Your 100€ ticket includes hors d’oeuvres, champagne, wine, and dessert.
Costumes are highly encouraged!

Seeking Pleasure in a Dying World with C Pam Zhang and Ayşegül Savaş
2025-03-26 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
In C Pam Zhang‘s Land of Milk and Honey, a smog has spread across the world, blocking out the sun. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world’s troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body.
In the conversation, moderated by novelist Ayşegül Savaş, Zhang will explore the themes of pleasure, food, and identity, offering insights into the novel’s exploration of human desire and survival in the face of societal upheaval.
About the speaker:
C Pam Zhang is the author of two bestselling novels, How Much of These Hills Is Gold and Land of Milk and Honey. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree, a Booker Prize nominee, and the winner of the Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award, the Asian/Pacific Award for Literature, and the California Book Award. She has been a finalist for awards from PEN America, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Center for Fiction. Zhang’s writing appears in Best American Short Stories, The Cut, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. She is a 2024-25 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow.
Ayşegül Savaş is the author of the novels Walking on the Ceiling, White on White, and most recently The Anthropologists which was longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was named one of TIME magazine‘s top 10 books of 2024, New York Magazine‘s #1 book of the year, and one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of the year, among others. Savaş has also written the nonfiction work The Wilderness, and the short story collection Long Distance which will be published this year. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Jhumpa Lahiri
2025-04-02 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri discusses her new work for The Cahiers Series, Bone Into Stone.
In this exploration of translation-as-metamorphosis, written after three years collaborating with her friend the classicist Yelena Baraz on a translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses into English, Lahiri focuses on the theme of stones and human transformation. The text of this work resonates alongside the dynamic and colourful paintings of celebrated artist Jamie Nares.
About the speaker:
Jhumpa Lahiri, a bilingual writer and translator, is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College (Columbia University). She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies, her debut story collection. She is also the author of The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland, which was a finalist for both the Man Booker prize and the National Book Award in fiction. Since 2015, Lahiri has been writing fiction, essays, and poetry in Italian: In Altre Parole (In Other Words), Il vestito dei libri (The Clothing of Books), Dove mi trovo (self-translated as Whereabouts), Il quaderno di Nerina, and Racconti romani (Roman Stories). She has translated three novels by Domenico Starnone and is the editor of The Penguin Classics Book of Italian Short Stories. Lahiri received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2014, and in 2019 she was named Commendatore of the Italian Republic by President Sergio Mattarerlla. Her most recent book in English, a collection of essays entitled Translating Myself and Others, was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
About The Cahiers Series:
The Cahiers Series is published by Sylph Editions in collaboration with The American University of Paris. The goal of this series is to make available new explorations in writing, in translating, and in the areas linking these two activities. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Writing Characters from Family with Sheila Kohler
2025-04-08 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Delve into the intricate process of crafting characters inspired by life and family with Sheila Kohler, author of Once We Were Sisters. Drawing from her poignant memoir about the bond with her late sister and their turbulent family history, Kohler will lecture on the ethics, challenges, and transformative potential of writing from personal experience. Kohler will share insights into evoking vivid, complex characters from family relationships and histories, blending storytelling with an exploration of memory and imagination.
About the speakers:
Sheila Kohler is the author of eleven novels, three collections of short stories and a memoir. Her work has been translated widely abroad and has been awarded many prizes including the O.Henry twice. She has taught creative writing at Princeton since 2007. She was a fellow at the Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers and a frequent visiting writer at the American Academy of Rome. Her novel Cracks has been filmed with Jordan Scott and Ridley Scott as directors and was recently reissued by Open Road. Important information: Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

The Crisis of Culture with Olivier Roy
2025-04-09 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
In his latest book, The Crisis of Culture, Olivier Roy argues that the lack of shared cultural understanding in the modern world has resulted in everything becoming explicit codes of behavior, often manifested online. Identities are now defined by personal traits, leading to fragmented sub-cultures seeking safe spaces. The author suggests that the increased focus on identity in political discourse fails to address the underlying crisis of culture and community and proposes that the solution lies in rebuilding social bonds at the grassroots level.
This conversation will be moderated by American Library in Paris 2024-25 Visiting Fellow, David A. Bell.
About the speakers:
Olivier Roy is Professor at the European University Institute (Florence) where he headed the ReligioWest research project (funded by the European Research Council). Mr. Roy received an “Agrégation de Philosophie” and a Ph.D. in Political Sciences. He is the author of The failure of political Islam (Harvard UP 1994), Globalized Islam (Columbia University Press, 2004), Holy Ignorance (Hurst/ Oxford UP, 2010), Jihad and Death (Hurst 2017), In Search of the Lost Orient (Columbia UP 2017), The Crisis of Culture (Hurst/ Oxford UP 2024).
David A. Bell is the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Department of History at Princeton where he recently served as director of Princeton’s Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies. Born in New York in 1961, he was educated at Harvard and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris before completing his doctorate at Princeton in 1991. Before returning to Princeton in 2010 he taught at Yale and Johns Hopkins, where he also served as Dean of Faculty. A specialist in the history of France, he is the author of seven books, including The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800, The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It, and most recently Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

The End Of Enlightenment with Visiting Fellow David A. Bell
2025-04-16 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
People once believed in a thing called progress. The philosophers of the Enlightenment were the first to formulate this belief systematically, and to predict that science, technology, and wise policy would combine to improve human life. For centuries, despite violent setbacks, the general pattern held. Diseases were conquered, lifespans grew, technology brought countless improvements. Governments provided social safety nets and education for all. Social movements fought for equal rights for everyone. Wealth increased prodigiously, especially in the West.
Today, this belief is broken. Most people have little hope that human life will continue to improve, and they fear the future. The idea that reforms or revolutions can make progress happen is fading. The most successful social and political movements of our day channel resentment, hold out illusory dreams of returning to a lost golden age, and build walls against unwanted outsiders. What happened?
In this special lecture, historian David A. Bell, a 2025 Visiting Fellow at the Library, will trace the idea of progress back to its Enlightenment origins, examine the forms it has taken over time, and explore its relationship to our present predicaments.
About the speaker:
David A. Bell is the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Department of History at Princeton where he recently served as director of Princeton’s Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies. Born in New York in 1961, he was educated at Harvard and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris before completing his doctorate at Princeton in 1991. Before returning to Princeton in 2010 he taught at Yale and Johns Hopkins, where he also served as Dean of Faculty. A specialist in the history of France, he is the author of seven books, including The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800, The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It, and most recently Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution.
David A. Bell is an American Library in Paris 2024-25 Visiting Fellow. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Ways of Seeing with Maira Kalman
2025-04-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Maison de la Poésie, 157 Rue Saint-Martin, Paris, 75003, France
Join celebrated artist and writer Maira Kalman, the Library’s Spring 2025 Cultural Fellow, for an evening of art, words, and wit. She’ll share insights into her singular career spanning illustration, storytelling, and design, present her latest book, Still Life with Remorse, and screen her short film on Alice B. Toklas.
In conversation with American Library in Paris Curator of Cultural Programs, Rachel Donadio.
This offsite, ticketed event will take place at Maison de la Poésie (157 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris).
About the speaker:
Maira Kalman was born in Tel Aviv and moved to New York City with her family at the age of four. She was raised in bucolic Riverdale, the Bronx. She now lives in Manhattan.
Kalman has written/illustrated over 30 books for adults and children. She has been a frequent contributor to the New York Times and the New Yorker. She has created textiles for Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade and sets for Mark Morris. Other collaborations have been with Nico Muhly, Alex Kalman, Michael Pollan, David Byrne, John Heginbotham and Gertrude Stein. Her watch and clock designs appear under the M&Co label, the design studio created by her late husband Tibor Kalman.
She has won many awards and given numerous talks, including several TED talks. Her art has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
Maira Kalman is the American Library in Paris Spring 2025 Cultural Fellow. Important information: This is an offsite, ticketed event at Maison de la Poésie (157 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris).
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Ways of Seeing with Michael Pollan
2025-05-06 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
Join us for a deep dive into Michael Pollan‘s How to Change Your Mind, a #1 New York Times Bestseller that blends memoir, science, and history to examine the powerful potential of psychedelic substances.
In conversation with Curator of Cultural Programs, Rachel Donadio, Pollan will explore how these drugs are revolutionizing mental health treatment and reshaping our understanding of consciousness. We’ll also discuss Pollan’s broader body of work, which spans topics from food to nature, offering insight into his unique perspective on the intersection of science, society, and the human experience.
About the speaker:
Michael Pollan is the author of nine books, including This Is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. He is also the author of the audiobook Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Made the Modern World. A longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan teaches writing at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.

This event is made possible with the support of Résidence Tallard, a program by Kadist dedicated to hosting individuals from around the world who are recognized for their innovative ideas and impactful contributions to society.
Important information: This event will be in-person only.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.

Joan Didion and the Myths of Hollywood with Alissa Wilkinson and Joanna Scutts
2025-05-13 19:30 - 20:30 | The American Library in Paris
New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson explores Joan Didion’s complex relationship with Hollywood, from her early fascination with Western myths to her time as a screenwriter at the twilight of the studio era. In We Tell Ourselves Stories, Wilkinson examines how Didion’s writing dissected the fears, fantasies, and fabrications that define American storytelling—on and off the screen.
This conversation will be moderated by writer and literary critic Joanna Scutts.
About the speakers:
Alissa Wilkinson is a film critic at the New York Times and was formerly a senior correspondent and critic at Vox. Her previous book, Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women, was published in 2022. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Joanna Scutts is a writer and literary critic based in Paris. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review and her work has appeared in the Guardian, New Republic, Times Literary Supplement and New Yorker. Her books focus on overlooked women’s histories of the early 20th century and include Firebrands: 25 Women Writers to Enrich Your Reading Life, and Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism. Her new project explores the history of American women in Paris. 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.
Attendance 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.
Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)
thanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.
