Read Director's Grant Recipient Anna Louie Sussman's newest oped: “Why So Few Babies? We May Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All,” recently featured in the New York Times.
Anna’s work hones in on gender, economics and reproduction. We’re looking forward to the publication of INCONCEIVABLE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAMILY IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY on September 8th, 2026 by Dey Street Books!
Click the link in our bio to read the full piece🔗
CONGRATULATIONS to past American Library in Paris de Groot Visiting Fellow Hala Alyan, whose memoir I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I'M HOME was named a 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist! What an honor to have you in our community, Hala.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about Hala's memoir🔗
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Director's Grant Recipient & LANDO grantee Vanessa Hua for her novel COYOTELAND, published by Flatiron Books! 🏜️
"Urgent, riveting, and deeply heartfelt, full of sharp wit and keen empathy, Coyoteland is at once a delicious suburban drama and an unflinching exploration of our current moment."
Supporting this project and watching it come to life over the last three years has been an honor. Congratulations, Vanessa!
Click the link in our bio to learn more about COYOTELAND & Vanessa's book tour🔗
TOMORROW! "Breaking Bread: A Poetry Workshop with Dr. Eve L. Ewing" at the American Library in Paris!
Join scholar of note Dr. Eve L. Ewing for a hands-on sensory writing workshop where fresh bread becomes inspiration, and words rise in unexpected ways.
Wednesday, May 13th, 19h30-20h30 CEST.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about the event 🔗
Join Director's Grant Recipient & LANDO grantee Vanessa Hua on her book tour for COYOTELAND, out on May 12th!
This is especially exciting, as this is the project for which Vanessa was awarded both grants!
Click the link in our bio to learn more about COYOTELAND and see if Vanessa is coming to your city🏙️
Make your final edits! The Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction closes TOMORROW!
Deadline: Thursday, April 30th, 23:59 CEST // 5:59 PM EDT
Click the link in our bio to learn more and apply✍️
The Dial magazine recently published their 2025 annual report, showing a year of growth, transition and success. Their work was recognized for its impact and careful storytelling, and shared with audiences around the world.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about what The Dial accomplished in 2025 📖
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Director's Grant recipient Patrick Strickland for the release of A HISTORY OF HEARTACHE through Melville House!
"In A HISTORY OF HEARTACHE, boys grow up fast in the blazing heat of North Texas, and men grow old before their time. A wayward son rides shotgun into a night he can’t take back. A janitor at an abortion clinic can’t outrun a ghost—or a camera. Strickland writes with clear-eyed realism and unsparing craftsmanship about common people—fathers and sons; widowers and junkies—poised on the knife-edge of hope."
Click the link in our bio to learn more & order your copy 📚
Two exciting events are happening tomorrow, April 14th!
Pen Parentis Literary Salon: Reimagination and Reclamation, online at 7 PM EDT
Bon Appétit: A Staged Reading with Brenda Withers at the American Library in Paris, in-person only, 19h30 - 20h30
Click the link in our bio to learn more & RSVP ✍️
EXTENDED DEADLINE ⚡️The 2026 Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction
Deadline: April 30th 2026
Judged by: Claire-Louise Bennett, Ottessa Moshfegh, Joanna Walsh
THIS YEAR:
WE HAVE ADDED MORE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES (NZ, FRANCE, SPAIN, USA), INCLUDING THE MONITOR BOOKS AWARD AND TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH, ALONG WITH FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONGLISTED AUTHORS
WITH NEW PRIZES FROM @reedsy_hq
Full list of prizes:
A stay at the stellar @civitellaranieri foundation, €2000 (winner), consultation with UK literary agent Charlotte Seymour (winner & runners-up), publication by Desperate Literature and in one of NINE partner journals (including translation into Spanish), ten-day stay at our in house residency (one shortlisted author), submission to Monitor Books (@monitorbooks ), an invitation to the @salon_europe Berlin salon, a long-form manuscript assessment with @theliteraryconsultancy (one shortlisted author), one year’s access to The Literary Consultancy’s ‘Being a Writer’ platform (all longlisters), & a short story clinic with writer Sonya Moor (one longlister)
€20 first entry + €10 subsequent entries
Applications for sponsored entries are now closed.
💫TO ENTER💫 follow link in bio or click on ‘product’, where you can find FAQs all our T&Cs.
To read previously shortlisted stories, see link in bio or purchase eleven stories via last image!
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Full list of partners:
@degrootfoundation@civitellaranieri@tenementpress@thelondonmagazine@kyd_magazine@helterskeltermag@minorlits@theliteraryconsultancy@cipher_press@folly.journal@bennreview@revistapajaroazul@souvenirmagazineparis@monitorbooks@charlotteseymour@badaud_e@salon_europe@reedsy_hq
Mark your calendars: "Bon Appétit: A Staged Reading with Brenda Withers" at the American Library in Paris April 14th!
Join Scholar of Note Brenda Withers for a reading of her new musical-in-progress inspired by Julia Child’s Paris years, starring professional actors and members of the Library community.
Tuesday, April 14th, 19h30-20h30 CEST.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about the event 🔗
Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson has spent the month enjoying the American Library's author programs, diving into the library's stacks for primary resources, and checking out sites that might play into his developing novel.
Rasheed's event at the Library, "From Baldwin to Today: Queer Black Expats in Paris" was a success! He also appeared on FRANCE24, where he discussed Black queer identity in literature, his debut novel MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME, and the publication of his next book, THERE'S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD, coming out on June 2, 2026!
Click the link in our bio to learn more about Rasheed's time in Paris & his work🔍
