The Earful Tower

 Listen to my interview with Oliver Gee on "The Earful Tower" podcast about the great flood of 1910 and my book Paris Under Water

https://theearfultower.com/the-podcast/

News, Reviews, and Upcoming Appearances

For all the latest news and reviews on my new book Paper Bullets:  Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis, see my website: jeffreyhjackson.com.  You will also find a list of my upcoming appearances.

Advanced Praise for my new book Paper Bullets

“This is a Nazi resistance story like none you’ve ever heard or read, a story with two unlikely heroines who risked their lives in their subversive—and often wildly creative—struggle to face down evil. Paper Bullets prompts us to explore the boundaries of art, love, gender, and politics—and to question the true meaning of courage.”
—Hampton Sides, bestselling author of In the Kingdom of Ice and On Desperate Ground

“Every page is gripping, and the amount of new research is nothing short of mindboggling. A brilliant book for the ages!”                        
—Douglas Brinkley, Rice University Professor and bestselling author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

“Riveting. Breaks new ground in our understanding of collaboration and resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe and the impact of women in wartime. A must-read for anyone interested in World War II, resistance, women's history, or the defense of democratic ideals during times of tyranny and oppression.”
—Michael D. Bess, Vanderbilt University Professor and author of Choices Under Fire

“A gripping story. The lesbian couple Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe deployed their intellectual capacities and peacetime experience in dissembling their identities to challenge the German occupiers with artistic 'paper bullets.' The contest between the baffled Nazis and the crafty traitors animates this historical thriller.”            
—Bonnie G. Smith, author of Women In World History

“Jackson elevates and highlights these Nazi-fighters and avant-garde artists — better known today as Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore — and reminds us to use spiritual arms instead of firearms in the face of growing division and hate.”

—Tommy Kha, artist and winner of the 2019 Creative Review Photography Award

Proud to share the cover of my next book coming Fall 2020.  For more, check out the Amazon page here.

CBC Radio Interview

Check out my interview with CBC Radio about the history of Paris, part of a larger discussion about the history of cities.

More thoughts on the 2018 Paris Flood

Here is an interview I recorded about the similarities between the 2018 flood and the 1910 flood.

Paris Flood 2018

My thoughts on the Paris flood of January 2018 at CNN.com.

My thoughts on the Houston flooding and how we can keep cities strong in disasters here.

Charlottesville

My thoughts on the Battle of Charlottesville and why history matters here.

Lessons of the 2016 Paris Flood

See my article on the 2016 Paris flood from the Real Clear World website here.

 

Check out my new edited primary source reader The Underground Reader.  Every society has rebels, outlaws, troublemakers, and deviants. This collection of primary sources takes readers on a journey through the intellectual and cultural history of the "underground" in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It demonstrates how thinkers in the US and Europe have engaged in an ongoing trans-Atlantic dialogue, inspiring one another to challenge the norms of Western society. Through ideas, artistic expression, and cultural practices, these thinkers radically defied the societies of which they were part. The readings chart the historical evolution of challenges to mainstream values - some of which have themselves become mainstream - from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present.

Check out my new co-edited volume on cafe culture in Paris, Italy, and Vienna.  Click here.

Scott Haine and I co-authored a piece about cafes titled "Work Should Be More like a Cafe" on the Wonders and Marvels blog.  Check it out here.