Jul 08, 2021
Great spectacles, noble thoughts
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On “Storms and Shipwrecks: From Vernet to Courbet” at Musée de la Vie romantique in Paris.
Topic: “Paris”
Jun 09, 2021
Out of sight, not out of mind
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On “Peintres Femmes 1780–1830,” at Musée du Luxembourg, Paris.
Notebook February 2021
Mario Bois’ Bureau de Musique
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On the Parisian music publisher.
Notebook January 2021
Prize time in Paris
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On the many book prizes of Paris and their attendant traditions.
Letter from Paris January 2021
Drink a rum
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On visits to the train stations and cemeteries of Paris.
Dec 15, 2020
À la recherche d’une tombe perdue
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On a visit to the cemeteries of Paris on All Saints’ Day.
Oct 30, 2020
What’s old is new again
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On “Notre-Dame de Paris, de Victor Hugo à Eugène Viollet-le-Duc” at the Archaeological Crypt of the Ile de la Cité, Paris.
Oct 27, 2020
Restraint & profusion
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On “Gabrielle Chanel, Manifeste de Mode” at the Palais Galliera, Paris.
Letter from Paris October 2020
Mali memories
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On travels in Africa and life in France.
Jan 29, 2020
Full of clever
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On Les Contes d’Hoffman at the Opéra Bastille.