“Postmamboism” is a word you’re probably not familiar with. For writer and historian Ned Sublette, it’s a way of looking at the world. “It’s a term that I made up to describe what I had done in my three books (Cuba and Its Music, The World That Made New Orleans, The Year Before the Flood),” [...]
Tag Archives: The Year Before the Flood
Free Ned Sublette
November 10, 2009 – 1:39 pm
Writer/musician Ned Sublette grew up in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and his recent book, The Year Before the Flood, documents his time in New Orleans in 2004 and 2005. In it, he works to understand New Orleans’ second line culture and deal with the racial ghosts from his past while researching and writing his book, The World [...]
A Day in the Year
September 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In the fall of 2004, writer/musician Ned Sublette got a fellowship from Tulane and moved from New York City to New Orleans. The product of his year here is The World that Made New Orleans, his2008 book examining the role of slavery in shaping New Orleans. Sublette immersed himself in the city’s culture—particularly its second [...]
