NAMES OF NEW YORK
”A vivid toponymic history…intoxicating.” The Wall Street Journal
”A fascinating smorgasbord” Publishers Weekly
”Accessible and entertaining” Library Journal
”Aficionados and history buffs alike will revel” Kirkus Reviews
”Exploring New York’s Identity Through Its Place-Names” WNYC (radio)
”The City That Won’t Shut Up” The New York Times
”New Book Reveals the Stories Behind NYC’s Landmarks” The New York Post
ISLAND PEOPLE
"A travelogue of love and scholarship" The New York Times
"Elegant..delves deep into...brutal history and unique allure" The Guardian
"A magnificent musical journey,...a literary odyssey...and a hearfelt historical voyage" The Observer
"Every fifty years or so there should be a book like this" The Washington Post
"A creative hybrid of travel writing and in-depth reportage" The New York Review of Books
"Powerfully and elegantly argued" TLS
"[A] sweeping cultural study" Publishers Weekly
"An eminently well-informed narrative" Kirkus Reviews
"Essential" Nylon (20 Best books of 2016)
"Let's the Caribbean stand on its own and shine" Monocle (radio)
"Through a lens brightly" Public Books
"We're all in the Caribbean, if you think about it" (an interview with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro) Lithub
"Invoking Nello: A Conversation on C.L.R. James with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro" (Senate House Library, London)
"Remaking the map" (an interview with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro) TinHouse
NONSTOP METROPOLIS
"A document of its time, of our time" The New York Times
"A remarkable volume...worth revisiting again and again" TLS (Books of the year, 2016)
"This Atlas Will Change How You See NYC" Village Voice
"A new atlas [of] the city as 'a place that contains worlds'" Curbed
"An exquisite work of art" San Francisco Chronicle
"Cartographically scrumptious" Brainpickings
"The Big Indie Books of Fall 2016" Publishers Weekly
"Stunning maps [of] NYC the way locals see it" Wired
"A book...as big as New York" The Forward
CITY OF WOMEN (2..0)
”Grab The Train At Grace Jones, Get Off At Yoko Ono” NPR
”City of Women Subway Map Gets a 2019 Update” Gothamist/WNYC
PÒTOPRENS
”Hailing Haiti’s Arts (in English and Kreyòl” Haitian Times
”Skulls and sequins: the art of Haiti’s Streets” Art Newspaper
”2022 Alice Award Shortlist Announced” Furthermore Foundation
CHRIS OFILI’S PARADISE LOST
”Questions and Fences” David Zwirner Books