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Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro teaches geography and literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

Culture June 13, 2012

Shelf Life

Emily Bernard’s Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance.

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Culture March 14, 2012

Shelf Life

Laurent Dubois’s Hati: The Aftershocks of History.

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Regions and Countries June 10, 2009

An Empire of Vice

Several new histories trace Cuba's exotic and reviled place in the American political imagination.

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Cities December 10, 2008

In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans

Two new books uncover the colonial origins and musical roots of New Orleans.

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro