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Colson Whitehead
President's Reading Series
A writer's DNA
Published Sept 26, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead breaks down his influences, career
Architect Renzo Piano speaks at Johns Hopkins
SNF Agora Institute
Giving shape to change
Published Sept 25, 2018
World-renowned architect Renzo Piano discusses his design philosophy, his vision for the SNF Agora Institute project at Johns Hopkins
Meredith Ward
Film+Media
Blockbuster summer, action-packed fall
Published Sept 13, 2018
Program in Film and Media Studies is expanding and plans to bring a number of industry experts to campus this fall for master classes, workshops, and Q+As
Illustration of people around the world in a portal
Art for all
The chatter box
Published Fall 2018
Alum Amar Bakshi's art installation has grown into an international network that creates life-size video calls between strangers / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Leon Fleisher
A life of music
Leon at 90
Published Fall 2018
Renowned pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher has dedicated 86 years to performing and studying music / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A group of police officers stand beside a dead body at a diner
Crime photography
Murder was his business
Published Fall 2018
Alum's new book explores the life and work of news photographer Weegee, who captured the crime-ridden underbelly of New York City between the wars / Johns Hopkins Magazine
New Erotica detail
Comedy
Feminists joking and angry
Published Fall 2018
Alum Caitlin Kunkel reimagines the form and content of erotica for 2018 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of the various personas of Paul Linebarger
Throngs of himself
Published Fall 2018
Paul Linebarger wrote science fiction as Cordwainer Smith. His multiple selves did not stop there. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cohen Mummy
Faces from long ago
Published Fall 2018
Archaeological Museum exhibit focuses on reconstructing the faces—and dignity—of two mummies / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Detail from Stet book cover
Poetry
Worth puzzling over
Published Fall 2018
Writing Seminars professor's newest poetry collection is at once esoteric, mischievous, playful, and obscure / Johns Hopkins Magazine