“Here You Are, Here We Are”: Paris, Prose and the Importance of Place

A Conversation with Diane Johnson

Authors

  • Diane Johnson
  • Heather Hartley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18422/79-2800

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Author Biographies

Diane Johnson

Diane Johnson is a novelist and essayist. Her 1988 work Persian Nights and 1982 work Terrorists and Novels were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and General Nonfiction, respectively. Johnson was a National Book Award finalist twice and winner of the California Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction for her 1997 book Le Divorce. Johnson was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999. A best-selling author, her most recent novel is Lorna Mott Comes Home. She lives in Paris and San Francisco.

Heather Hartley

Heather Hartley is the author of the poetry collections Adult Swim and Knock Knock and is European Editor at The Blue Mountain Review. She was Paris Editor for Tin House magazine for over fifteen years. Her short fiction, poems, essays and interviews have appeared in or on PBS Newshour, The Guardian, The Literary Review and other venues. For many years, she moderated author events at Shakespeare and Company Bookshop. She has taught creative writing at the University of Kent’s (UK) Paris School of Arts and Culture, the American University of Paris and at the University of Texas El Paso MFA program.

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Published

2026-09-24

How to Cite

Johnson, Diane, and Heather Hartley. “‘Here You Are, Here We Are’: Paris, Prose and the Importance of Place: A Conversation With Diane Johnson”. New American Studies Journal: A Forum, vol. 79, Sept. 2026, doi:10.18422/79-2800.

Issue

Vol. 79 (2026): Paris Anglophone Writing: a Special NASJ Issue

Section

Literary Presences in Paris

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