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literature

Poetry

Lines of history

Published Fall 2020

Alum Hollis Robbins' 'Forms of Contention' investigates the history of African American poetry in printed newspaper and magazines / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Book cover of 'On Not Being Someone Else'

Nonfiction

Andrew Miller's 'On Not Being Someone Else' explores the existential questions that arise when reflecting on the choices we could have made—and how our lives might have changed / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Pop culture

Triple layer literature

Published Fall 2020

Alum M.M. Carrigan's Taco Bell–themed literary magazine embraces nostalgia, sincerity, and Crunchwrap culture / Johns Hopkins Magazine

A devastating debut novel

Published Fall 2020

Alum Megha Majumdar's debut novel tackles social status and Hindu nationalism in Kolkota / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Literature

Prose of war

Published Spring 2020

Michael O'Donnell didn't return home from the Vietnam War. His poetry did. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Classics

Libraries acquire rare copy of seminal 19th-century essay

Published Dec 5, 2019

'A Problem in Greek Ethics' by poet John Addington Symonds helped set the stage for the modern gay-rights movement

Nursing

The 'literary high explosives' of Ellen La Motte's 'Backwash of War'

Published Summer 2019

The Hopkins alumna, overlooked in the Western canon, may have inspired generations of writers who followed her, including Hemingway, Remarque, Vonnegut, and Heller / Johns Hopkins Magazine