On Colette with Vivian Gornick and Judith Thurman

On April 12, Vivian Gornick will discuss the 20th century French writer Colette with author Judith Thurman—“the wiliest of...

Camus in New York

Alice Kaplan, Alban Cerisier, and Morris Dickstein discuss Albert Camus’1946 trip to New York and the reception of his work...

At The Existentialist Café with Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, and Others

Best-selling author of How to Live, Sarah Bakewell and author, and New Yorker journalist Kathryn Schultz discuss Sarak...

From Book to Movie: The Art of Adapting

Robert Schenkkan, Marc Levy, and Brigitte Gauthier, along with Lila Azam Zanganeh, will introduce us to the art of writing...

Constellation

French novelist Adrien Bosc and American legendary author Gay Talese will discuss ‘Constellation’, Bosc’s best-selling debut...

The Exchange of Princesses

Award winning French novelist Chantal Thomas discusses her latest novel, The Exchange of princesses with John Cullen and Sal...

A Conversation with Maylis de Kerangal and John Freeman

Celebrated French author Maylis de Kerangal and American writer and literary critic John Freeman will discuss their latest...

Albertine Book Club

Join bestselling author and president of the 43rd Angoulême International Comics Festival jury, Antonin Baudry, for a...

Apocalypse-cinema

French philosopher Peter Szendy and NYU professor Emily Apter take on the apocalyptic genre not just as one genre among...

Couple Mechanics

French novelist Nelly Alard and author and author, translator and literary critic Liesl Schillinger discuss Alard’s last novel...