The New York Review: Jori Lewis on the legacy of coal mining “Buried Sunshine: The more I learned about the legacy of coal mining in my Illinois hometown, the more light it seemed to cast on the state’s long histories of violence,” by Jori Lewis (Senegal, 2011-2013), The New York Review, July 16, 2025...
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Jori Lewis finalist for James Beard Award “Tell Me Why the Watermelon Grows,” by Jori Lewis, Switchyard and the Food & Environment Reporting Network, has been nominated for the 2024 Foodways award....
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Food & Environment Reporting Network: Jori Lewis on the history of the watermelon “Tell me why the watermelon grows,” by Jori Lewis (Senegal, 2011-2013), Food & Environment Reporting Network, December 4, 2023...
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Jori Lewis wins James Beard Book Award “Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History,” by Jori Lewis (Senegal, 2011-2013) wins a 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference, History and Scholarship....
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Jori Lewis in CS Monitor’s Best Books 2022 Wrapping Up the Year in Books: The Best of 2022, in the Christian Science Monitor, includes Jori Lewis’s (Senegal, 2011-2013) new book: Slaves for peanuts: A story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history...
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The Atlantic: Jori Lewis on Senegal’s earth architecture revolution There is work to be done to convince people that the more prestigious cement structures are less efficient than traditional materials....
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Jori Lewis publishes book "Slaves for Peanuts" explores the peanut’s tumultuous history....
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Emergence Magazine: Jori Lewis on the Baobab tree Baobabs have migrated across Africa's landscape, and endured for millennia....
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Jori Lewis wins Whiting Creative Nonfiction grant Awarded $40,000 to complete her book, Slaves for Peanuts. ...
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