Paris Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/paris/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:20:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Paris Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/paris/ 32 32 The Floating Park: Parc de Belleville, Paris https://www.publicbooks.org/the-floating-park-parc-de-belleville-paris/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:00:58 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=36718 “It is rare, on a summer evening in Paris, to find this sort of quiet along with the sensation of having the city at your feet.”

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]]> Inside and Out in Paris and France https://www.publicbooks.org/inside-and-out-in-paris-and-france/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:00:33 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=26983 A year ago I was a recent college grad living in Toulouse, in southern France. My generous host family ...

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]]> Aslant to the Flâneur: A Conversation with Lauren Elkin https://www.publicbooks.org/aslant-to-the-flaneur-a-conversation-with-lauren-elkin/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:00:41 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=13954 Early on in Lauren Elkin’s Flâneuse the author offers up an imaginary definition ...

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]]> Miéville’s Surreal Weapons https://www.publicbooks.org/mievilles-surreal-weapons/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 16:00:43 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=9878 In his rambling 2011 photo-essay “London’s Overthrow,” composed in the lead-up to the London Olympics, China Miéville takes his reader through the ever-changing, history-drenched streets of his beloved city ...

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