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?
Decipher fact from fiction, and discover how to foil online trolls in order to escape the Library!
Join fellow bookworms to discuss the 2022 Newbery Medal winner.
American Library in Paris Programs Manager Alice McCrum moderates a discussion on the politics of literature for Festival America. This event will take place at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Vincennes.
