Why Surrealism Matters by Mark Polizzotti

Why does Surrealism continue to fascinate us a century after André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism? How do we encounter...

Living Beautifully in Paris: A Conversation with Mathilde Favier and Clémence von Mueffling

Join Mathilde Favier, PR director of Dior Couture, and Clémence von Mueffling, “Beauty and Well Being” CEO, as they discuss...

Literature and Censorship: The Era of Banned Books

Join former French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak and American academic and librarian Emily Drabinski for a conversation...

Literature and Memory: Writing the History of Our People

Join 2021 US Goncourt Choice-winning author Anne Berest and American writer A.M. Homes for a conversation about family,...

On Knowledge Democracy

Join French-American economist Esther Duflo and reporter Mona Chalabi for a discussion on the democratization of knowledge,...

Literature: Playground or Battlefield?

Join Prix Goncourt-winner Hervé Le Tellier and writer Katie Kitamura for a conversation on using fiction as a strategy for...

Drawing and Healing

Join Académie des Beaux-Arts member and comic author Catherine Meurisse and author and artist Nora Krug for a conversation on...

Literature and Democracy: When Politics Shape Private Life

Join Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany and French journalist Laure Adler for a conversation on Al Aswany’s latest novel, The...

Atlantic Literature: Spaces, Languages, and Identities

Join Prix Goncourt-winner Patrick Chamoiseau and Yale Professor Kaiama L. Glover for a conversation about spaces and...

At The Louvre: Book Talk and Poetry Reading

On Wednesday, October 30, at 6pm, join NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank and author and Director of Contemporary Programmes...