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Illustration of musicians performing, lounging, and writing
The near future of performance
Published Fall 2020 Video
The bad news is that we probably won't go see musicians play live and in the same room with other people until sometime next year. There is good news. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
90s-inspired collage of a woman drinking a soft drink and a skateboarder
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
Book cover of 'Wicked Flesh'
Nonfiction
They did more than survive
Published Fall 2020
Jessica Marie Johnson's 'Wicked Flesh' wrangles a wealth of scholarship and primary documents to discuss how Black women acquired and retained power in the 18th century / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book cover for 'Forms of Contention'
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
Less traveled by
Published Fall 2020
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
Illustration of a Muslim woman looking at a burning train
A devastating debut novel
Published Fall 2020
Alum Megha Majumdar's debut novel tackles social status and Hindu nationalism in Kolkota / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Suffragists picketing the White House
19th amendment
Experience the women's suffrage movement through virtual reality
Published Sept 15, 2020
Rally for Votes: An Interactive 360 Video Experience will premiere virtually at the SNF Parkway Theatre on Friday. The experience takes viewers on a tour of some of the most important locations in the effort to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott create the children's reading YouTube series Storytime with Dr. Connolly
Faculty
The family that reads together
Published July 24, 2020 Video
Through their new YouTube series 'Storytime with Dr. Connolly,' instructors Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott hope to bring a celebration of Africana history to the next generation of readers
Photograph of the Hollywood sign from behind
Q+A
How to make it in a Hollywood on hiatus
Published July 8, 2020
Johns Hopkins alum Emma Needell leads a conversation series about breaking into the entertainment industry during coronavirus shutdowns
A woman spy peers around the corner
In 'The Unexpected Spy,' read between the lines
Published Summer 2020
In The Unexpected Spy, alum Jessica Anya Blau tells the true story of Tracy Walder's transition from sorority house to undercover CIA agent / Johns Hopkins Magazine