Culture
Getting to Know Julia Malye: A Proust Questionnaire
As we get ready to welcome novelist Julia Malye to the French Library on Thursday, May 1, we invited her to answer the Proust Questionnaire—a…
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Caitlin’s Netflix Show Recommendations!
As another year settles in, once again one of my goals is to improve my French. Language learning doesn’t have to feel like a chore,…
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Magical Realism, Murakami and Anthropology: Meet Benjamin Hoffmann
Benjamin Hoffmann is a College of Arts & Sciences Designated Professor of French & Francophone Literature at Ohio State University and a creative writer. In…
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(French) Love is in the air
With Valentine’s Day in a few weeks, there’s no better time to celebrate the timeless love stories that have shaped French culture. France has long…
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Paris: The City That Taught Me How to Dream
“Paris is always a good idea,” whispers Audrey Hepburn to the stiff yet strangely alluring Humphrey Bogart. This famous line is from the film Sabrina…
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Louis Sel: A Sprinkle of Magic from the Special Salts of Brittany
My love affair with France began in high school when my father let me tag along on a business trip. Armed with my high school…
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Everything You Need to Know About The Tour de France
The United States has the Superbowl, France has the Tour de France. It’s the same thing if you replace the ball with a bike and…
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An inside look at why middle schoolers are studying French
Pourquoi étudiez-vous le français? Why are you studying French? “The language is pretty” “Macarons” “I love the culture!” “I love that it’s a proper language”…
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Celebrating le 6e Art with my favorite francophone theater pieces
In my life, theater has often been associated with school. However, it is by studying it and seeing various types of plays that I came…
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The promise of May
I have always loved the month of May. We’re on the brink of summer, not quite there but getting warmer; a precipice where anything could…
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