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A overhead photo of kiwis, mini pumpkin, and an ash tray filled with ash and four cigarettes.
Poetry
Scenes of Grief
Published Fall 2025
Todd Meyers asks: After a fatal overdose, who remains, and what do they do with the pain? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A girl sits on a blanket on the grass. In the distance is a large brick building and autumn trees. The words "The Academy" are superimposed over the image.
Fiction
Back to school
Published Fall 2025
Elin Hilderbrand leaves summer behind with 'The Academy', a new page-turner co-written with her daughter Shelby / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A cropped version of the book cover for "The Great Math War."
Nonfiction
Long division
Published Fall 2025
Jason Socrates Bardi explores how 20th century mathematics became a battle for the subject's very identity / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A shadow of a woman ominously looming over a creek, with a house in the distance
Fiction
Rules of order
Published Winter 2024
Yvonne Battle-Felton's second novel delves into the secrets of a remote village in 1960s America / Johns Hopkins Magazine
cover of 'The Widow's Crayon Box's features colorful scribbles
Poetry
Varied hues of grief
Published Winter 2024
Molly Peacock's latest poetry collection is a sensual and sad ode to her late husband / Johns Hopkins Magazine
cover of 'Rat City' shows aerial view of city buildings
Nonfiction
Metropolis in Miniature
Published Winter 2024
New book explores the decadeslong rat empire experiments of Johns Hopkins Professor John B. Calhoun / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Kay Jamison
Psychiatry
A history of healing
Published Summer 2023
Kay Redfield Jamison discusses her latest book, which takes a nonlinear approach to cataloging the history of psychotherapy / Johns Hopkins Magazine
closeup of a hand sketching with charcoal
The artful mind
Published Summer 2023
In their new book, authors Susan Magsamen, founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, and Ivy Ross contend that making and experiencing art can help us flourish / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration: Werewolf runs from angry mob of people with torches
Creative Writing
Self-help for movie monsters
Published Fall 2021
Kathy Flann wants to help movie monsters survive human attacks with her fourth book, an entertainingly preposterous collection of tips for werewolves, mummies, cyborgs, ghosts, and other movie monsters / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A seat at the table
Published Spring 2021
Reviewing Sociology Assistant Professor Christy Thornton's new book, 'Revolution in Development' / Johns Hopkins Magazine