The Little Communist Who Never Smiled

French author Lola Lafon will join Alexandra Schwartz for a conversation on Lafon’s The Little Communist Who Never Smiled,...

The Brooklyn Rail: New French Theory

Join Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Artistic DirectoPhong Bui, Brooklyn Rail Guest Critic Dr. Donatien Grau (University of...

Man Without Gravity: Looking Back at Four Decades of Olympic Games

Join us for a conversation on the work of photojournalist David Burnett between the artist and two-time Olympian Scott Donie...

Equinoxes: An Evening With Cyril Pedrosa, Gabrielle Bell and Bill Kartalopoulos

Join us for a conversation with American graphic novelist Gabrielle Bell and  French graphic novelist Cyril Pedrosa on his...

On Benjamin Fondane

Join us as we explore Fondane’s work with author Andrei Codrescu, Professor Bruce Baugh, and translator Mitchell Abidor.

The Glory of The Empire: A Novel, A History

Anka Muhlstein and Daniel Mendelsohn discuss Jean d’Ormesson’s novel ‘The Glory of The Empire’, the rich and absorbing...

Hill: A Conversation About Jean Giono

Join translator Paul Eprile and writer Edmund White for a discussion of Jean Giono’s “Hill,” newly published by New York...

The Village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: Righteous Among the Nations

“The Righteous thought they simply had to live through history. In fact, they wrote it.” –Simone Veil. Join us as we discuss...

An Evening with Douglas Kennedy and Marc Levy

International bestselling novelists Douglas Kennedy and Marc Levy discuss The Blue Hour and A Spin on the Horizon (L’Horizon a...

The Walls Don’t Speak

The Walls Don’t Speak (Les murs ne parlent pas) is the result of a three-year dialog between the photographer Jean-Robert...