The 2026 Jules Verne Writing Resident at The Ohio State University will speak about her literary practice, the themes behind her novel, and read selected excerpts from the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copies of Le livre que je n\u2019ai pas \u00e9crit<\/em> will be available for purchase on-site through The Book Stall, an independent bookstore. The evening will conclude with a reception and book signing, featuring complimentary French wine and an opportunity to continue the conversation with the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Born in Paris, Laure Gouraige holds a Masters in Philosophy. Her first novel, La Fille du p\u00e8re<\/em> (P.O.L.), was born of a desir for emancipation and to address her father, interrogating mechanisms of control and the resulting sense of disposession . On 2022, she published Les ide\u00e9s noires<\/em> (P.O.L.), the story of an identity quest where the personal meets the absurd. In 2023, thanks to the \u201cWriters in Ile-de-France,\u201d she consecrated an entire year to the writing of her third novel, Le livre que je n\u2019ai pas \u00e9crit<\/em> (P.O.L.), a more fictional work that interrogates the rapport between creation and self-representation. Her fourth novel, Grave<\/em>, will be published in September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During her 2026 residency in the United States, she will be working on her fifth book, Mirapolis<\/em>, a fictional project inspired by the world of American comics that continues her reflections on memory, power, and contemporary violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n G\ufeffa\u00efa writes to her editor to ironically confess to her difficulty living with her times. Overwhelmed by the world and by herself, Ga\u00efa dreams of a light, cheerful, almost frivolous book, a book that she nevertheless can\u2019t seem to write. There are her parents: invasive, intellectual, living in New York, that discuss Joyce, Hegel, and her life with a crushing seriousness. There is love too, that one never manages to get over as easily as a political subject. And then Paris, fashion, fashion weeks, society parties, drunken conversations with friends: all scenes that Ga\u00efa observes with irony, where disenchantment mixes with lucidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This event is co-organised by Villa Albertine Chicago and the Alliance fran\u00e7aise de Chicago in partnership with the\u00a0Haitian American Museum of Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8731169,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[213],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[241],"class_list":["post-8703352","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-literature","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n