The Betsy-South Beach hosts a Cultural Round Table with Writer in Residence, Julia Cooke. Cooke is the author of The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba (Seal Press). Her writing on Cuba has appeared in the New York Times, Conde Nast Traveller, The Best American Travel Writing 2014, and the Virginia Quarterly Review. She's written about her experiences buying gourmet food on Havana's black market, profiled the most prolific design writer in the U.S. and a young sex worker in Havana. Julia is the recipient of fellowships from The Norman Mailer Center and Columbia University.
Join us for this exclusive event, with lunch at BLT Steak, hosted by Pablo Cartaya, Betsy Literary Programs Manager. This event has limited seating and will begin promptly at 12 Noon. For questions, contact [email protected].