Thank you Adam Shatz and Christian Campbell for your thoughtful, poignant and inspiring conversations while Visiting Fellows. As soon as the videos are available, we will share the links. During ... [Read More]
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Conversations with Patricia Lockwood
Watch writer-in-residence Patricia Lockwood's recent events at The American Library in Paris: Writing Now: A Conversation with Patricia Lockwood Patricia Lockwood is a poet, memoirist, and novelist, ... [Read More]
Thank you Christian Campbell
for your thoughtful, poignant and inspiring conversations while a Visiting Fellow. As soon as we have the videos, we'll post them. Christian Campbell is the author of Running the Dusk (2010), which ... [Read More]
Meet Visiting Fellow Adam Shatz
Join Adam Shatz on June 25th and June 26th for his hybrid events at the American Library in Paris. (Hybrid) In Focus: An Evening with Claire Denis and Adam Shatz Tue June 25 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h ... [Read More]
The Art of Biography: An Interview with Stacy Schiff
Watch recent writer in residence Stacy Schiff’s conversation with Elaine Sciolino on “The Art of Biography" HERE Learn more about Stacy Schiff Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer ... [Read More]
Stacy Schiff at The American Library in Paris
Thank you, Stacy, for a great program on The Art of Biography at the American Library in Paris! Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer ... [Read More]
2024 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Applications close April 1st, 2024. The Visiting Fellowship offers writers and researchers an opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month or longer while participating actively in ... [Read More]
Join Simon Kuper and Ian Leslie in “From Cliques to Politics”
(Hybrid) From Cliques to Politics with Simon Kuper and Ian Leslie Tue November 14 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or 1:30-2:30 ET. Journalists Simon Kuper and Former Visiting Fellow Ian Leslie discuss the ... [Read More]
Join Scholar of Note Lauren Oyler’s Workshop on Criticism
(Hybrid) How to Criticize with Lauren Oyler Wed November 15 @ 19 h 00 - 20 h 30 Inspired by the adage “everyone's a critic,” Scholar of Note Lauren Oyler shares how to develop and express taste in ... [Read More]
Join Simon Kuper and Ian Leslie in “From Cliques to Politics”
(Hybrid) From Cliques to Politics with Simon Kuper & Ian Leslie November 14 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30, or 1:30-2:30 ET. Journalists Simon Kuper and Former Visiting Fellow Ian Leslie discuss the role ... [Read More]
The American Library in Paris Scholar of Note Program Launches with Ladee Hubbard
Ladee Hubbard, launched the Scholar of Note Program at The American Library in Paris on Tuesday, September 26, 19:30-21:00 followed by a reception. Her presentation, Myth, Power and Genre provided an ... [Read More]
Tess Lewis
Tess Lewis is an American translator, writer, and essayist. She is best known for her translation of French author Christine Angot's novel, Incest, which was nominated for the Best Translated Book ... [Read More]
Lauren Oyler
Lauren Oyler is an American author and critic based in Berlin, Germany. She has co-written two books with Alyssa Mastromonaco and has ghostwritten for other people as well. Her debut novel, Fake ... [Read More]
Vanessa Onwuemezi
Vanessa Onwuemezi is a writer and poet living in London. Her work has appeared in Granta, Prototype, frieze and Five Dials. Her story 'At the Heart of Things' won the White Review Short Story Prize ... [Read More]
Adam Shatz
Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books, and a contributor to the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and other publications. He is the author ... [Read More]
Christian Campbell
Christian Campbell is the author of Running the Dusk (2010), which won the UK’s Aldeburgh Prize, among other awards. Campbell studied at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and his work has ... [Read More]
The American Library in Paris 2023-24 Visiting Fellows are Announced!
Congratulations to the 2023-24 Visiting Fellows! The AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS Visiting Fellowship Program is sponsored by The de Groot Foundation, and provides writers with the ability to pursue a ... [Read More]
Upcoming Event by Spring Fellow Adrienne Raphel
Adrienne Raphel, the current Visiting Fellow at the American Library In Paris, has an upcoming event! The event will be in person at the American Library and online. The Visiting Fellowships are ... [Read More]
Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn’t Enough.
Journalist and novelist Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee releases her new book, Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough. Weaving stories of asylum seekers, prisoners, ... [Read More]
Kate Kirkpatrick
Kate Kirkpatrick is a philosopher based at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. She is the author of several books and articles on French philosophy and the internationally acclaimed biography of Simone de ... [Read More]
Jen Silverman
Jen Silverman, screenwriter, playwright, and author of the novel We Play Ourselves, the story collection The Island Dwellers, and the poetry chapbook Bath. Silverman’s work has appeared in Vogue, ... [Read More]
Mark Mayer
Mark Mayer, whose first book, Aerialists, won the Michener-Copernicus Prize and was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. His stories have been published in American ... [Read More]
Ladee Hubbard
Ladee Hubbard, the author of two novels: The Talented Ribkins and The Rib King. Her short story collection, The Last Suspicious Holdout was published in March of this year. ... [Read More]
Adrienne Raphel
Adrienne Raphel, writer, teacher, and poet, is the author of Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Cross words and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them. Her writing appears in the New ... [Read More]