Conceived in 1962 by artists Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009), L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, was finally realized per Christo’s wishes this past month in Paris nearly a year after the artist’s passing. Throughout their lives, the artists made clear that their planned projects come to…
photo courtesy of Amy Reid Reid’s second translated volume of a trilogy of political novels by Patrice Nganang, When the Plums are Ripe, is coming out this spring. Professor of French and Gender Studies Amy Reid has been teaching at New College since 1995. During…
Professor of French Amy Baram Reid’s recent translation “Mount Pleasant” got the seal of approval from Oprah herself; it landed on the business mogul’s list of “21 Books to Read this May.” The novel is a translation of Cameroonian writer Patrice Nganang’s “Mont Plaisant,” originally…
