Author: Robin Aufses, Director of English Studies

Before coming to the Lycée, Robin Aufses was the English department chair at J.F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York, and an English teacher at Schreiber High School in Port Washington, New York. Robin is the author of College-board published articles about literature and co-author of The Language of Composition, Literature and Composition and Conversations in American Literature. She lives in Manhattan with her husband Arthur, a lawyer. They have two children, Kate and Michael.

James Baldwin Day: “Blues music is elegance in the face of adversity.”

“Blues music is elegance in the face of adversity,” jazz bandleader of Sammy Miller and the Congregation told students at the beginning of the Lycée Français de New York’s third annual James Baldwin Day—curated by the Secondary English Department. The beauty of this sentiment barely had enough time to settle

Live from the Lynx! Student Journalists Report on James Baldwin Day

On Friday the 28th of September, the Lycée held its second annual “James Baldwin Day” for students from 10th to 12th grade. This event was created last year in honor of James Baldwin, an American-born writer who spent much of his career in France. According to Mrs. Aufses, who heads

Irish author comes to the LFNY

The Irish writer Colm Tóibín, author of The Master, Brooklyn, and The Testament of Mary, among other novels, short stories, essays, and plays, began our February 8 conference by sharing a video (see below) of the Irish singer Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill, performing “Donal Og,” a song—in the Irish language—that is over