Congratulations to the 2025-26 Visiting Fellows & Scholars of Note! The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship Program is sponsored by The de Groot Foundation, and provides writers with ... [Read More]
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Meet Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson
Congratulations Rasheed Newson, a 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow! Rasheed Newson is the author of the national bestseller My Government Means to Kill Me. The novel was a Lambda ... [Read More]
Meet Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon
Congratulations R. O. Kwon, a 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow! R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Exhibit, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Kwon’s ... [Read More]
Meet the 2025-26 Scholars of Note
Congratulations to Lilly Dancyger, Dr. Eve L. Ewing, and Brenda Withers, the 2025-26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship Scholars of Note! Lilly Dancyger is the author of First Love: ... [Read More]
Brenda Withers
Brenda Withers is a playwright, theater artist, and founding member of the Harbor Stage Company on Cape Cod. Her plays (The Ding Dongs, Off Peak, Matt & Ben) have been produced Off Broadway and ... [Read More]
Dr. Eve L. Ewing
Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of several books, including most recently Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and ... [Read More]
Lilly Dancyger
Lilly Dancyger is the author of First Love: Essays on Friendship, and Negative Space. Her work has been published by the New York Times, The Atlantic, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Guernica, Literary Hub, ... [Read More]
New Release: THE DRY SEASON by Melissa Febos
Visiting Fellowship Scholar of Note Melissa Febos’ memoir, The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, was published by Knopf on June 3, 2025. “From the national best-selling author ... [Read More]
Watch “Writing Characters from Family” with Sheila Kohler
Check out Writer-in-Residence Sheila Kohler's recent event at the American Library in Paris, Writing Characters from Family. Delve into the intricate process of crafting characters inspired by life ... [Read More]
David Bell at the American Library in Paris
Join Visiting Fellow David Bell on April 16th for The End of Enlightenment, both online and in person at the American Library in Paris. Wednesday April 16 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or 1:30-2:30 pm ... [Read More]
Sheila Kohler at the American Library in Paris
Join Writer-in-Residence Sheila Kohler on April 8th for Writing Characters from Family. Tuesday April 8 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or 1:30-2:30 pm EDT. In this intimate lecture, learn how to draw ... [Read More]
C Pam Zhang at the American Library in Paris
Join Visiting Fellow C Pam Zhang on March 26th for Seeking Pleasure in a Dying World with C Pam Zhang and Ayşegül Savaş. Wed March 26 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or 2:30-3:30 pm EDT. Join acclaimed ... [Read More]
Visiting Fellowships at The American Library in Paris – Apply Now!
Applications close April 1st. The American Library in Paris announces the opening of applications for the 2025-2026 Visiting Fellowship, supported by The de Groot Foundation. Established in ... [Read More]
Adam Shatz Wins American Library in Paris Book Award!
Congratulations to Visiting Fellow Adam Shatz, who was awarded the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award for his novel The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. "In the era ... [Read More]
Melissa Febos at the American Library in Paris
Thank you for a fantastic event, Melissa! Join 2024 Scholar of Note Melissa Febos on January 22nd, 2025 for Crafting Personal Narratives. Wednesday, January 22nd, at 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or ... [Read More]
Kirstin Chen at the American Library in Paris
Join 2024 Scholar of Note Kirstin Chen on November 27th for The Real Fictional Housewives of Silicon Valley with novelists Kirstin Chen and Colombe Schneck Wednesday, November 27th, at 19 h 30 - 20 ... [Read More]
Ian Williams is the 2024 CBC Massey Lecturer!
Congratulations to 2021-22 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Ian Williams! His lectures are titled What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time. The book was published by House of ... [Read More]
A. Kendra Greene at the American Library in Paris
Join 2024 Scholar of Note A. Kendra Greene on November 13th for her hybrid event! Giraffe Mania: Paris as City of Natural History with Scholar of Note A. Kendra Greene Wednesday, November 13th, at ... [Read More]
Meet the 2024-25 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellows
Congratulations to the 2024-25 Visiting Fellows & Scholars of Note! The AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS Visiting Fellowship Program is sponsored by The de Groot Foundation, and provides writers with ... [Read More]
A. Kendra Greene
A. Kendra Greene is a writer and book artist based in Dallas. She is the author and illustrator of The Museum of Whales You Will Never See, first published by Penguin and Granta, and now translated ... [Read More]
Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos is the nationally bestselling author of four books, most recently, Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal ... [Read More]
Kirstin Chen
Kirstin Chen is the New York Times best-selling author of three novels. Her latest, Counterfeit, is a Reese Witherspoon book club pick, a Roxane Gay book club pick, and a New York Times Editors’ ... [Read More]
David Bell
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. ... [Read More]
C Pam Zhang
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 ... [Read More]