Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You meant 36 hours but cool cool cool 000
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Excited to attend a launch event at the Joyce Society (online) this Friday for what looks like a brilliant volume of essays. @myexplodingpen.bsky.social 021
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026events.leapevents.com/event/goldma... @sunypress.bsky.social @nyitlibraries.bsky.social @nypl.bsky.social @newyork1920s.bsky.socialevents.leapevents.comJonathan Ezra Goldman with Robert Snyder | Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: From the Suppressed to the StrangeTickets for Jonathan Ezra Goldman with Robert Snyder | Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: From the Suppressed to the Strange in New York from NYPL. Jonathan Ezra Goldman, James Joyce Society Presi... 022
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sep. 25th, I'm participating in "Jim Crow Modernism: A Symposium" at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Then, at 6pm, I head a few blocks uptown to @nypl.bsky.social NYPL on 40th St. to present #hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork in conversation with Robert Snyder, former Manhattan Borough Historian. 121
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It's more that they are both horrible human beings 020
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra Goldmanmensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026German broadcast. Nailed it 139149754994
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way. 351258772972
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Today at around 5:30 EST I'll be interviewed live for the #Indypendent news hour on fabled radio station #WBAI, talking about uncovering suppressed NYC history and why it matters now. @sunypress.bsky.social @newyork1920s.bsky.social #hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork wbai.org/program.php?...wbai.orgWBAI Radio - NYC 021
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026A few years ago I was driving in a rural area and my phone map wanted me to drive across a field on a dirt path clearly meant for, like, a tractor, or maybe cows. 120
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanHiddenHistories1920sNYC @newyork1920s.bsky.social · 04/07/2026In #1920s #NYC, July 4 was the occasion for assimilationist events such as the 1920 "Americanization Jubilee" (spelled "jubillee" on the medal for youth athletes). @sunypress.bsky.social @newyorkcity.bsky.social #HiddenHistoriesofJazzAgeNewYork #NYC @nyitlibraries.bsky.social www.ny1920.com/jul-4ny1920.comJuly 4 — NY 1920s 042
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026"Goldman’s 'Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York' pays homage to the unsung heroes, the radical influencers and characters less than heroic of the early 1920s in this scholarly yet accessible work." www.irishecho.com/2026/6/big-a... #irishecho @newyork1920s.bsky.social @sunypress.bsky.socialirishecho.comBig Apple's Jazz Age highlights“Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York, From the Suppressed to the Strange,” by Jonathan Ezra Goldman. “Be careful in New York, Katie, the streets ... 042
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Come see me read with Hugh @hughryan.bsky.social ! 030
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Two events this coming week for #hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork 6/23 (online) for Bloomingdale History Grouo 6/25 Greenwich Village Preservation (at St Mark's church) @sunypress.bsky.social @nyitlibrary @nypl www.jonathanegoldman.com/events #ny1920s #nypl @hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyorkjonathanegoldman.comJonathan E. Goldman | Author, Scholar & Jazz Age NYC HistorianOfficial site of Jonathan E. Goldman, featuring work on New York 1920s history, Jazz Age culture, modernist literature, and Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York. 011
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Wrote this one 12 years ago. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/06... @parisreview.bsky.social @joycesociety.bsky.social #ulysses @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social @jamesjoycegazette.bsky.socialtheparisreview.orgBloomsday Explained by Jonathan GoldmanJune 13, 2014 – “Bloomsday,” the James Joyce scholar Robert Nicholson once quipped, “has as much to do with Joyce as Christmas has to do with Jesus.” The celebrations of 020
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I just asked her what she was reading sitting in the aisle at the culture and this is what she tells me: transreads.org/wp-content/u...transreads.org 110
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I meant poor kid because she's been indoctrinated and thinks books are cool 100
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Great to see you and Ray there @ria4983.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanThe New School AAUP @newschoolaaup.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The New School chapter of the American Association of University Professors condemned what it described as “a major gutting of our full-time faculty body”… saying that no explanation had been provided for why certain jobs were cut. www.chronicle.com/article/its-...chronicle.com‘It’s Just Been Agony’: Facing a Big Deficit, the New School Begins LayoffsOne of New York’s most prominent universities has handed layoff notices to about 15 percent of its employees, marking its latest measure to rectify a $48-million budget deficit. 18643
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanHiddenHistories1920sNYC @newyork1920s.bsky.social · 28/05/2026June 7 (6/7, oy) book launch at #CityReliquary! Jonathan Ezra Goldman discusses "Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York from the Suppressed to the Strange" w/ Briallen Hopper ("HARD TO LOVE"). @briallenhopper.bsky.social @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social @sunypress.bsky.social @nyitlibraries.bsky.socialpools.eventsSun, Jun 7 - Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: Jonathan Ezra Goldman with Briallen Hopper by The City ReliquaryHidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: Jonathan Ezra Goldman with Briallen Hopper by The City Reliquary on Sun, Jun 7 at 6:00pm at The City Reliquary, Brooklyn, New York. Get tickets and event details... 053
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The Time's 1981 debut album smokes: youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comThe Time 1981 Full Album - YouTube 120
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026This weekend Columbia U stages its graduation activities and celebrates its history. 103 years ago, at the Columbia commencement, the KKK paraded through the grounds.A year later, the KKK burned a cross on the quad. CU admin tried to sweep all this under the rug. indypendent.org/2026/05/colu...indypendent.orgColumbia’s Cooperation With ICE Calls Back to KKK DaysDuring the 1920s KKK resurgence, Columbia swept anti-Black persecution under the rug 010
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026@stanzabookshop.bsky.social @bookculture.com @talkingleavesbooks.bsky.social @sunypress.bsky.social #HIddenHistoriesofJazzAgeNewYork 010
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026For #independentbookstoreday, celebrating joints that will be hosting my mini-book tour 5/3 East End, Boston 5/4 Brown U Bookstore, Providence 5/4: Stanza, Beacon 5/22 Madison Street, Chicago 5/27 Talking Leaves, Buffalo 6/4 Book Culture 112th St, afterparty at Dive106 @sunypress.bsky.social 111
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026@sunypress.bsky.social @newyork1920s.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanHiddenHistories1920sNYC @newyork1920s.bsky.social · 11/04/2026#hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork Pre-order with 30% off discount code "SNWS26" at checkout. The publisher tells me to tell my friends that "pre-orders are love." #NYChistory #Newyorkhistory sunypress.edu/.../Hidden-H.... @sunypress.bsky.social @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social @nyitlibrary.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanHiddenHistories1920sNYC @newyork1920s.bsky.social · 09/04/2026#onthisdayinhistory... 105 years ago today, James Cross, a Black maintenance worker, saved a white coworker from a fire. One of the events depicted in Jonathan Ezra Goldman's new book #hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork @sunypress.bsky.social @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social www.ny1920.com/1921apr-9ny1920.comApril 9, 1921 — NY 1920sOne hundred years ago today … The New York Age celebrated the heroism of James Cross, a Black man who had saved a white co-worker from a fire in the Winter Garden Building on 1646 Broadway at 50th Street on April 1st. Its front page offered a headline blaring the hero’s name, race, and face. 032
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Folks, #Ulysses was just named the greatest novel of all time... again. That's silly, but what's not silly (except in good ways) is the online course I'm leading on it that starts next week. irishartscenter.org/event/u-for-... parade.com/news/controv...irishartscenter.orgU for You! Joyce's Ulysses for New Readers (and Re-Readers) (Spring 2026) (Online) - Irish Arts CenterThu, Apr 16 - Wed, Jun 10, 2026 020
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Why yes, if you are in Paris looking to buy my new book, #HiddenHistoriesofJazzAgeNewYork, you will be able to get it at Shakepeare and Co. @shakespeareandcompany.com www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/hidden... @sunypress.bsky.social @brooklynsocial.bsky.social @newyork1920s.bsky.socialshakespeareandcompany.comHidden Histories of Jazz Age New York by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanOffers a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics, arts, technology, and the law. Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York offers a ... 031
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Please spread the word about my upcoming course at Irish Arts Center: "U for You! Joyce's Ulysses for New Readers (and Re-Readers) (Online)" irishartscenter.org/event/u-for-...irishartscenter.orgU for You! Joyce's Ulysses for New Readers (and Re-Readers) (Spring 2026) (Online) - Irish Arts Center 021
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026New review of #HiddenHistoriesofJazzAgeNewYork "giving readers a sense of how contemporary New Yorkers viewed the urban world around them." artsfuse.org/326490/april... @sunypress.bsky.social @brooklynsocial.bsky.socialartsfuse.orgApril Short Fuses — Materia Critica - The Arts FuseEach month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews. 011
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026It's a brilliant post. I leaned on it (and cited you) writing about Michaux for my forthcoming 1920s NYC book! 000
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanVictoria Livingstone @victoriajane.bsky.social · 26/03/2026As someone who writes personal essays (and also thinks about AI very often), this was a topic I couldn't resist. substack.com/home/post/p-... 133
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Proud to have an article in a brilliant collection, Jim Crow Modernism, edited Adam McKible, Robert Jackson, and Keith Clark. My piece is an extension of research from my new book #hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork academic.oup.com/book/62299/c... academic.oup.com/book/62299academic.oup.comLuis Muñoz Marín: Boricua Modernism between Poetics and PoliticsAbstract. This chapter reads the 1920s fiction, verse, and journalism of Luis Muñoz Marín, written two-plus decades before he became the first democratical 030
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026#Kirkus review of my book has arrived: "Historian Goldman’s ambitious book takes a detailed dive into New York City over 10 years.... This complex city, he writes, was a rich site of “acceleration and deceleration.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... @sunypress.bsky.social #nyitlibrarysunypress.eduHidden Histories of Jazz Age New York 061
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Happy to see my new book on sale at @rizzolibooks.bsky.social www.rizzolibookstore.com/category/new...rizzolibookstore.comNew Arrivals in NY History | Rizzoli BookstoreExplore our extensive collection of NY History and New York items at Rizzoli Bookstore. Discover top titles in NY Guidebooks, NY Photographs, NY Maps and more. Order today and enjoy fast shipping. 011
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026@sunypress.bsky.social @brooklynsocial.bsky.social @lecturesontap.bsky.social 010
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026NYC! I'm doing a @lecturesontap.bsky.social on April 20 in a secret location. Reach out for details. The idea is: I talk, you drink. I'll be presenting on immigration (immigrant communities, suppression, and deportations) in 1920s NYC. Part of the launch of #HiddenHistoriesofJazzAgeNewYork 142
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Published this piece for the centenary of the opening of the Savoy, the first truly integrated dance club in New York City. #100yearsago #nychistory @sunypress.bsky.social syncopatedtimes.com/the-opening-...syncopatedtimes.comThe Opening of the Savoy, the Most Inclusive Club in Harlem, 100 Years Ago - The Syncopated TimesMarch 12, 2026, marks the centenary of opening night at the palatial, opulent Savoy Ballroom, which occupied an entire block of Lenox Avenue between 140th and 021
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanAAUP @aaup.org · 24/02/2026"This shameful attack on the St. John's faculty union betrays the university's history and most deeply-held Catholic values. It's outrageous that religious leaders are joining in the assaults on higher education that are happening nationwide." — Todd Wolfson, AAUP Presidentncronline.orgSt. John's University says it no longer recognizes faculty unions after 56 yearsSt. John's University in Queens, New York, notified employees on Feb. 19 that it will no longer recognize the two unions that have represented faculty members at the Catholic university since 1970. 35030
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra Goldmanjoycesociety.bsky.social @joycesociety.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Scenes from our 4-week "Circe" reading group. 2 more sessions to go! Thanks to guest facilitators Casey Lawrence @myexplodingpen.bsky.social and Robert Spoo. Next up: Vicki Mahaffey! on board!(@samslote.bsky.social had a last minute conflict.) Join us! Info at Joycesociety.com/readinggroups 041
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I'm sort of tickled that at 2:30 pm the day after not watching the Superbowl I can tell you a lot about the halftime show but I don't know who won the game. 020
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026#OnThisDay 1921: Lunar New Year in Chinatown was more subdued than usual due to Prohibition–except for an altercation in which local residents attacked a film shoot. The actors were reportedly "Japanese and Korean"–playing Chinese criminals kidnapping a white woman. read more: ny1920.com/1921feb-7ny1920.comFebruary 7, 1921 — NY 1920s 010
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Can't wait to hear White House Barbie tell us that Omar attacked the dude first. 000
Jonathan Ezra Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Jan.24, 1920. On Ellis Island, 6 federal detainees died of unsanitary conditions before their deportation hearings -- victims of the Palmer Raids of Jan.2, date of the greatest number of political arrests in US history (so far). www.ny1920.com/jan-24 #hiddenhistoriesnyc @sunypress.bsky.socialny1920.comJanuary 24: Deadly Conditions at the Ellis Island Holding Area for Deportees — NY 1920sOne hundred years ago today … In a story that echoes familiarly in our time, The Evening World reported that conditions at the Ellis Island holding area for political prisoners were so unsanitary that... 021
Reposted by Jonathan Ezra GoldmanRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 15/01/2026ICE agents only do this because they are extremely well-trained and experienced with the situations they are creating 584419805
