Analepsis of the Green Shelter
In this installation by Mo'sen Binnalee, artwork blossoms in an indoor garden and reflects on how human care transforms nature
Nantes is on Fire
Jordan McDonald offers a forgotten history of the African slave trade in the French city of Nantes, and its legacy today.
a history of pet monkeys with camille alaphilippe
Poetry inspired by Camille Alaphilippe’s La femme au singe on view at the Musée d’Orsay, by Samantha Neugebauer.
Japanese Connections at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
A review of the new Japanese art exhibition at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Montrouge
A prose poem on Paris, a “gash in the ground”
the pyrenées
Samantha Neugebauer retells the story of Greek mythology’s Pyrene, and her tragic fate, in this darkly feminist poem.
Same, but Different—Finding Home in Paris
Tzy Jiun Tan writes about finding sanctuary in a small Chinese restaurant in Paris, while navigating dating, discrimination, homesickeness, and trauma.
Parisian Girl
What does it mean to belong in this city as a girl?
Point Ephémère and the Slum: How Paris Handles Her Refugees
The editors of this magazine stumbled upon a refugee slum next to one of Paris’ hippest clubs. Here’s what happened.
Paris, the City of Lights, Love, and... Rats
“When you first fall in love with Paris, you will experience puppy love. A false and doting, hopeful love” – Zoe Jane Patterson explores the other side of Paris.
Cité Universitaire
A subtle poem couched in natural metaphors, on the fragility of romantic connection.
Taking the RER B
In this new creative nonfiction piece, Vamika Sinha offers a series of vivid vignettes, each set at a different metro station in Paris.
The Eiffel Tower Dangles: Writing a City
Writing about a city, just as writing about any subject, is a way of documenting it within history, for giving it a voice, for making it human almost, letting it breathe and move and speak. It may have dreams, it may have fears, it may have flaws and disease.
A Feminist Icon? The Historical Leadership of Coco Chanel
Is this fashion powerhouse truly an effective model of feminist leadership?
Paris
Tzy Jiun Tan observes her temporary city in this new poem.
Porte de Choisy
In this personal memoir, Vamika Sinha reflects on navigating life in Paris as a foreigner, walking through its Chinatown district.
le marais
An outsider walking through the streets of Paris’ trendy Marais district.
café au lait
To feel othered in a foreign city because of your gender, your race…to yearn to matter without trying. A new poem that sinks into the feeling of not fitting into a white world, yet craving acceptance.