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Jake Lamar
Smithsonian Magazine Journeys
April 23, 2015
"The City of Light once drew thousands of black expats across the Atlantic, but does it still have the same appeal?"
Paris and Writers: An Interview with Jake Lamar, Novelist & Playwright
Bonjour Paris
August 2015
"What first brought you to Paris? And what has kept you here all these years?"
Brothers In Exile: Three African-American Writers in Paris
Entrée to Black Paris
February 2015
"To celebrate Black History Month this year, the American Library [in Paris] has mounted an exhibit that features...
Entrée to Black Paris
February 5, 2015
"...this is the first book by Jake that has been released in French prior to being published in English."
Midcentury Expressionist Drama, Novelized
hyperallergic.com
September 10, 2014
"...spoke to him about his new novel, Postérité…" by Joseph Nechvatal
Black Writers at Festival America
Entrée to Black Paris
September 2014
"Festival America is an event that features the literature and culture of…"
Ellery Washington, New York Times
January 17, 2014
"I invited the African American expatriate novelist — and Baldwin enthusiast — Jake Lamar to join me at Les Deux Magots..."
Au Revoir, Village Voice Bookshop!
Livia Manera, newyorker.com
June 27, 2012
"The Village Voice Bookshop, on the Rue Princesse in Paris, announced that it will..."
Let's Not Forget: A Reality Check for Americans
Denise Dennis, huffingtonpost.com
November 4, 2011
When and how our current economic decline really began.
Black Paris Profiles™: Jake Lamar
Monique Wells, Entrée to Black Paris
November 3, 2011
Find out what twists and turns Jake's career has taken in the last seven years...
Joel Dreyfuss, The Root
March 18, 2010
Author Jake Lamar followed in the footsteps of James Baldwin and settled in the City of Lights.
Bonjour Paris
September 26, 2005
Literary Rentrée celebrates American Author Jake Lamar
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