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Sunday, March 2, 2008, 5:00 pm, Book Talk, City of Light, City of Dark: Exploring
Paris Below, Valerie Broadwell
Unlike any other city in the world, Paris has underneath it a whole other urban
space comprised of  abandoned rock quarries, waterways, a sophisticated sewer system,
a dense subway system, shopping centers and catacombs. Throughout history stories
have been told of political dissidents, thieves, partying beatniks, spelunkers, artists
and phantoms, all wandering in a subterranean city of dark under the City of Light.
Now you can descend with the author as she goes down to see for herself, meeting
the people who dwell in this underworld.
Valerie Broadwell has had over 130 articles appear in books and magazines including
Glimpse, Transitions Abroad, the Raleigh News & Observer and HEMISPHERES Magazine.
She has been a commentator for public radio and was a contributor to Volunteer Tales:
Experiences of Working Abroad (London: Lutterworth Press).
When she's not crawling around Paris, home base is Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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