Join us for a lively conversation on The Order of The Day by Eric Vuillard, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.

Join Caroline Perry as she reads from Le petit sapin ébouriffé (Leontine Collection), a charming, wintery tale about hospitality and kindness featuring an owl family seeking a home in the forest. 

Join writers Alexandra Kleeman, Mary South, and JW McCormack  as they dwell on Anne Serre’s The Governesses (New Directions), a novel translated from the French by Mark Hutchinson. 

Join author and Harper’s Magazine publisher John R. MacArthur, author and n+1 cofounder Marco Roth, and author Catherine Cusset for a riveting conversation on Michel Houellebecq’s new novel, Sérotonine, moderated by Adam Hocker.

On the occasion of the release of  “The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics,” written at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron, Felwine Sarr, co-author of the report with Bénédicte Savoy, will discuss his research.

Join author Soledad Maura Fox, New Yorker journalist Jane Kramer, professor Vincent Crapanzano, and publisher Jeannette Seaver for a discussion on Exile, Writer, Soldier, Spy: Jorge Semprún.

What is (and isn’t) a media? What regulations should be implemented to ensure they play their role dutifully? How is it possible to recover a space for serious, inquisitive, fact-based journalism at a time when the power of opinion seems to dominate the airwaves?