Events

[LIT] On Monday, November 30, Larkinville welcomes Buffalo native Elaine Sciolino—author of the new book, The Only Street In Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs—to the Larkin Square Author Series. After graduating summa cum laude from Canisus College, Sciolino continued her studies, earning a master’s degree in European history from NYU. She began working for The New York Times in 1984, where she has held several distinguished posts, including United Nations’ bureau chief, Central Intelligence Agency correspondent, Culture correspondent, chief diplomatic correspondent—the first woman to hold that position—and Paris Bureau Chief. Sciolino has resided in France since 2002. She writes the “Letter From France” column for T Magazine and contributes to the food, culture, styles and Sunday Review sections. Her journalistic pursuits have undeniably propelled Sciolino’s expertise in an array of foreign affairs, and she flexes her world-wise muscles in her literary titles, The Outlaw State: Suddam Hussein’s Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis and Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran.  Persian Mirrors was awarded the 2001 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism and the Overseas Press Club Cornelius Ryan Citation for nonfiction. It was also a History Book Club selection and a New York Times Notable Book of 2000. Sciolino will be signing and reading from her latest novel, which will be available for purchase at the event.