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About Maitresse

located in Paris

Twentysomething New Yorker moves to Paris, writes, teaches, attempts to do 2 PhDs at once, has affairs with noncommittal French boys. Not your average starry-eyed American in Paris. Blogging about Culture, Music, Art, Literature, Sex, Writing, Travel, fashion, Paris, Dating,University,New York, being an American in Paris, and Literary Paris

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posted on
January 25th, 2012
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Maitresse
based in
Paris

This site has moved

And right quickly too!

Please officially change your RSS feeds and bookmarks to www.laurenelkin.com.

I'm still toying with ...

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posted on
January 17th, 2012
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Maitresse
based in
Paris

Impending move



Just a heads up that I'll be moving this blog soon to a website of my very own... the URL ...

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posted on
January 17th, 2012
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Maitresse
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Paris

Swimming Home, by Deborah Levy

When I was in London in October, I ran into Stefan Tobler of read more about "Swimming Home, by Deborah Levy"

posted on
January 4th, 2012
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Maitresse
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Ellis Avery, The Footsore Flâneuse

Ellis Avery, author of The Last Nude, out this week from Riverhead and set in Paris in the 1920s, went to ...

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posted on
January 3rd, 2012
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Maitresse
based in
Paris