Join the Academy for its New York debut of Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, featuring the author Francine Prose. In addition to reading from her critically acclaimed novel Lovers at the Chameleon Club: Paris 1932 (2014), Prose will discuss her creative process as a writer and novelist, including how she works within the framework of historical events to create fictional narratives. A National Book Award finalist for her novel Blue Angel, Prose is visiting professor of literature at Bard College and the former president of PEN American Center. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife (2009) and the New York Times best seller Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (2006).