James Baldwin in the City of Lights

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Though James Baldwin spent much of his life in France, few people know about the early days in Paris that inspired perhaps the greatest love story about life in Paris, Giovanni's Room. From his conversations in the Latin Quarter with French existentialists and Algerian revolutionaries to his travels to the South of France, this seminar…

Deep Dive: Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

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Gertrude Stein is remembered as one of the founders of literary modernism as well as one of the most important art collectors in the 20th century, but her distinct and esoteric writing style is far less understood. Using "Paris, France" and "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" as a springboard for a discussion of Stein’s…