The real Adam Gopnik – loving France, little kings, and the one question he’s never been asked
© Photo credit, Brigitte Lacombe. As I interviewed inimitable New Yorker writer and Francophile Adam Gopnik in his Upper East Side apartment, my mind blinked at the normalcy of this abnormal experience. His impossibly happy Havanese dog named Butterscotch greeted me excitedly at the door. He explained why pushing out a book is like pushing out […]
The best French events in New York | June
| Lectures & Conferences Thursday, June 25, 7:00 pm Exploring Violette Leduc Book event (in English) Read more Join Albertine for a discussion on French novelist Violette Leduc, marking the release of her novel Thérèse and Isabelle by The Feminist Press, with Amber Dawn, Dia Felix, and Jennifer Pashley. Albertine 972 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Events @ Albertine ________________________________________________________________________________ | […]
The best French events in New York | April
Benjamin Clementine, Anglo-French singer-songwriter. | Lectures & Conferences Tuesday, April 7, 6-7:30 pm Beyond Piketty (and Before the Deluge): Natural Capital in the Twenty-First Century Panel discussion | sponsored by Columbia’s Maison Française and Alliance Program Read more A distinguished panel will discuss natural capital from the perspectives of a physicist turned economist, geochemist, architect/urban […]
February Events | French in New York
| Lectures & Conferences Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 pm “Reading Patrick Modiano” A conversation with Mark Polizzotti, David R. Godine, Sam Sacks, and Sal Robinson Read more Albertine 972 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Events @ Albertine _________________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, February 18, 12:30 pm “Qui est Charlie ? Press freedom, radicalism […]
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