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Land of Refuge, Land of Exile: French Writers & Artists in the U.S. During the Occupation Years
“When France fell to the Germans in 1940, a number of French writers, intellectuals and artists fled France and found refuge in the U.S. mostly in New York and on the East Coast. Some worked for the U.S. government, some militated for Free France, most continued their creative work. Many of the French were... »
Edmund White’s “The Flâneur:” A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris
“For the perfect flâneur, for the passionate observer, it’s an immense pleasure to take up residence in multiplicity, in whatever’s seething, moving, evanescent and infinite: you’re not at home, but you feel at home everywhere, you see everyone, you’re at the center of everything yet you remain hidden from everybody…The amateur of life enters... »