WELCOME
to the (mostly) professional website of Jonathan Ezra Goldman, literature/cultural history professor by day, sometime musician by night. I created this site as a one-stop portal for the various projects I've had going on over the past few years, some completed, some in progress.
NEW BOOK
My new book, Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York from the Suppressed to the Strange (SUNY Press, 2026) is out! Email me for a discount code.
This book is a culmination of years of research about 1920s NYC, some of which you can find on the website New York 1920s: One Hundred Years Ago Today, When We Became Modern.
Launch Events! I am thrilled to be launching Hidden Histories at the New York Public Library’s “7 Stories Up” series on September 25th, with Robert Snyder, official Manhattan Borough Historian, as my conversation partner! Details here! And cick below for more appearances.
Explore a playlist of songs discussed in Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York
UPDATES
Spring/Summer 2026:
New article! I am very pleased that The Syncopated Times published my piece about the opening of the Savoy, NYC's first dance club to discard Jim Crow practices, 100 years ago. Read it here.
New article! I wrote about Columbia University’s racist legacy, including its tacit acceptance of the KKK presence on its campus in the 1920s, relating to its collaborations with ICE today. Did you know that the Klan burned a cross on the CU quad in 1924? Find out more here. (Photo by Noah Obadashian)