Lauren Elkin Books in Order

Two essays examine the achievements and limitations of Oulipo, the literary movement built around formal constraints. As the group enters its sixth decade, the authors question its continuing influence and the possibilities for future experimentation.

Combining memoir with literary and cultural history, Lauren Elkin explores women’s experiences of walking through cities. Journeys through Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London trace how urban wandering can enable creativity, independence, and resistance.

During a year of Paris bus journeys, Lauren Elkin records passing scenes and fellow passengers on her phone. Everyday observations become entwined with public tragedy and personal loss in a meditation on attention, technology, and city life.

Lauren Elkin examines how feminist artists use bodies and lived experience to challenge inherited ideas of beauty and artistic value. Bringing together writers, photographers, sculptors, and performers, she explores the political and personal possibilities of their work.

Two couples occupy the same Paris apartment almost fifty years apart, each confronting marriage, desire, and the possibility of parenthood. Their parallel lives explore how homes retain memories and how past relationships persist within new ones.