February 8, 2011 • Category: Author Events, Blog
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To celebrate the publication day of Penelope Rowlands’ fabulous Paris Was Ours, we’re giving away three copies. Just leave a comment here or on our Facebook page to enter. The anthology features essays by David Sedaris, Stacy Schiff, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, Lily Tuck, Diane Johnson, and more. An essential volume for any Francophile or armchair traveler. Below is a recap of the publication party held at Idlewild Books.
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Très chic. That’s how I would describe the crowd that packed into NYC’s travel-themed bookstore, Idlewild Books, on Friday night to support Paris Was Ours, the recently-released anthology edited by Penelope Rowlands.
After a little French wine, Penelope and Algonquin’s publisher, Elisabeth Scharlatt, took the stage to introduce contributors Lily Tuck and Joe Queenan, who read excerpts from their Paris Was Ours essays. Both charmed the crowd:
Lily with her essay about the difficulties of majoring in American Literature while studying abroad in Paris as a divorced mother of three (she, appropriately, stumbled over the word “heterodiegetic” while describing the trials of diagramming the 59 chapters of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying for a sadistic professeur);
and Joe Queenan with descriptions of his hilarious encounters trying to pick up Parisian chicks with the same lens prescription he had after losing his (too-expensive-to-replace) glasses while living in France.
It was the parfait way to spend a Friday evening!
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–Emily Parliman, Publisher’s Assistant
Tags: David Sedaris, Diane Johnson, Elisabeth Scharlatt, Idlewild Books, Joe Queenan, Judith Thurman, Lily Tuck, Paris Was Ours, Penelope Rowlands, Stacy Schiff
Lacy Simons says...
Mais oui, oui, oui!
February 8, 2011@ 10:44 AMJane says...
sounds like a wonderful evening. Please let me be one of the lucky ones to receive a free copy. Would make excellent reading on my flight to Europe!
February 8, 2011@ 10:39 AMJoelyn Morgan says...
I look forward to reading this wonderful compilation!
February 8, 2011@ 10:36 AMStephanie says...
This sounds like a great book for the busy, young professional who doesn’t have the vacation time or cash to jet off to Paris just yet. I’d love to read this. Adding it to my list!
February 8, 2011@ 10:34 AMStephanie says...
This sounds like a great book for the busy, young professional who don’t have the vacation time or cash to jet off to Paris just yet. I’d love to read this. Adding it to my list!
February 8, 2011@ 10:34 AMchristine says...
oo! so glad i heard about this book – looks like a fabulous collection.
February 8, 2011@ 10:34 AMBernie Brown says...
I have many books about Paris already and I always welcome one more. I’d love to read this book, Paris Was Ours, because just last fall my husband and I were there and for a few days in September 2010, Paris was Ours, too!
February 8, 2011@ 10:31 AMCrystal says...
Spent a wonderful summer in Paris in my early 20s – can’t wait to read this!!
February 8, 2011@ 10:30 AMLesley says...
Having never been to Paris, I would love the chance to visit via book. Definitely adding to my to-read list!
February 8, 2011@ 10:27 AMAnna Heimbichner says...
Fab! I’d love to read these essays– I’m a huge fan of Paris (and the rest of France) and of these writers. Thanks for the chance to win!
February 8, 2011@ 10:22 AM