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SUMMARY:They Stole a City with Lauren Collins
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhost.nxt.blackbaud.com%2Fregistration-form%2F%3FformId%3D37c57086-d810-42e5-aa79-ae1642c2ee41%26envId%3Dp-Dm_SN_kaVE6HLULDUnPr0g%26zone%3Deur|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Zoom Link” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F82001320866|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join Lauren Collins for a conversation about her New York Times bestselling book They Stole a City\, which traces the lives of four Wilmington\, North Carolina\, families—two Black\, two white—across 125 years following the 1898 white supremacist massacre and the only successful coup d’état on American soil. Written in collaboration with living descendants of the families\, the book combines archival research with personal testimony to uncover how one largely forgotten act of political violence reshaped a city\, undermined democracy\, and continues to reverberate across American life today. \nAbout the speakers: \nLauren Collins is a staff writer for The New Yorker. Her subjects have included Michelle Obama\, Emmanuel Macron\, Demna\, the street artist Invader\, French tacos\, 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. They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live With Its Legacy was released in July 2026 is a New York Times bestseller.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]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_1758032823591{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-color: #9e0143 !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:A Life in Letters with Virginia Evans
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhost.nxt.blackbaud.com%2Fregistration-form%2F%3FformId%3D4382f8af-41b9-494e-bd41-80bb623efa06%26envId%3Dp-Dm_SN_kaVE6HLULDUnPr0g%26zone%3Deur|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Zoom Link” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F83543274466|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This event is part of Letters Home\, our series of curated programs celebrating the many ways we imagine\, remember\, and return to home from afar.\nLearn more → \nJoin Virginia Evans for a conversation about her acclaimed debut novel\, The Correspondent\, a moving testament to the power of the written word. Through the story of an avid letter writer whose correspondence becomes the archive of a life\, Evans explores memory\, family\, forgiveness\, and the enduring connections forged through letters across generations. \nAbout the speaker: \nVirginia Evans’ debut novel The Correspondent is a #1 New York Times bestselling novel that has sold in more than 25 countries. Raised on the East Coast of the United States\, she attended James Madison University for her bachelor’s in English literature\, as well as Trinity College in Dublin\, Ireland\, for her masters of philosophy in creative writing. She lives in Winston-Salem\, North Carolina\, with her husband\, two children\, and her Red Labrador\, Brigid. \nThe Correspondent won the 2026 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel\, the Women’s Prize for Fiction\, the inaugural James Patterson & Bookshop.org Prize which celebrates debut authors\, and the Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Fiction. It was a Best Book of the Year for NPR\, the Washington Post\, Boston Globe\, Elle\, Christian Science Monitor\, Amazon\, She Reads\, and was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. It was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal. The Correspondent has been translated into more than 35 languages\, including Albanian\, French\, Latvian\, Polish\, Mongolian\, and Vietnamese. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]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_1758032823591{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-color: #9e0143 !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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