The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South presents a talk with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro, author of Island People: The Caribbean and the World, a recently published travelogue that connects the histories of various Caribbean nations. At this lecture, Jelly-Shapiro talks with Kim Vaz-Deville about the affinities between the Caribbean and the Gulf South. The conversation is followed by a reception at Three Keys at the Ace Hotel New Orleans.

This event is free and open to the public. The talk takes place in the Stone Auditorium in Tulane University’s Woldenberg Art Center. For more information, visit Facebook.