Julia Cooke is the author of The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba. 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. Cultural Round Table 5/15/2014