The Second Festival of New French Writing

NYU, the French Institute Alliance Française and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy have organized a series of panels with up-and-coming French authors (including Pascal Bruckner and Amin Maalouf) conversing with heavy-hitting American writers (including Russell Banks and A.M. Homes) about their work and the future of literature. Check frenchwritingfestival.com for details, and get there early, since the lineups will undoubtedly draw crowds.