Synesthesia: A Hot Topic at 19C Paris Salons Talk at Paris American Club (2020) Talk at National Arts Club Part 1: Opening: introduction of author Pat Duffy by Francis Dubois of the National Arts ClubPart 3: Two important periods in synesthesia research: late 19th and late 20th centuriesPart 4: Synesthesia and the 19th-century Artists' Hashish ClubPart 5: Rimbaud, Baudelaire, and the symbolist poets: the impact of art on sciencePart 6: Proust, Nabokov: synesthetic descriptions in novelsPart 8: Chang Yu; synesthete-poet in 14-century ChinaPart 7: 19-century composter Olivier Messiaen: the colors of musicPart 9: 19th, 20th, 21st century poetry: synesthetic imageryEnd of presentation: dedication