The Odyssey meets On the Road meets Huckleberry Finn: Amor Towles presents his newest release, The Lincoln Highway. A whirlwind railway ride through 1950’s Americana, the work is an exhilarating ode to storytelling.
Anne Weber has uncovered a forgotten heroine of the twentieth century, whose commitment to a political cause led to personal devastation. Join her with translator Tess Lewis as they discuss the riveting epic of Annette Beaumanoir.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
What aspects of the climate crisis are happening gradually and invisibly all around us, and how can we fight this? Join Princeton professor Rob Nixon to learn about 'slow violence' and gain a new understanding of environmental justice.
Celebrated artist and poet Eileen Myles speaks with journalist Elisabeth Philippe on Chelsea Girls at the mk2 Bibliothèque. The American Library in Paris is co-sponsoring this event.
Create paper-cut bookmarks and greeting cards for this fall, and for Halloween!
Join the Pari-Grandir team for a full-filled morning of music, movement, and play!
Create your own original poetry, using found words from YA novels.
Join Assistant Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Jason Hazard for a workshop dedicated to research and creating factual reports.
The birth of scientific racism has been increasingly associated with the Enlightenment era. If this is true, how did the Enlightenment era invent race? Andrew S. Curran speaks about this as well as his new book (co-edited with Henry Louis Gates Jr.), Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter in the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
Two of the most prominent voices in contemporary fiction convene as part of Festival America to discuss interplays of visibility and invisibility in society and literature. Faced with the wounds of injustice, could writing act as a cure?
