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black and white photo shows Chester Himes
Literature
Lawrence Jackson longlisted for PEN America Literary Award
Published Dec 20, 2017
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor recognized for his biography of American author Chester Himes
Chester Himes is featured left, Robert Lowell is shown right
Nonfiction
Faculty authors included on best books list
Published Dec 7, 2017
Lawrence Jackson, Kay Redfield Jamison recognized for their biographies of 20th century writers
The low end of the brass band
Get hype
Published Winter 2017 Video
OrchKids believes that music education can change a person's life; with the Booker T. Brass Band, the program proves that it doesn't have to be classical music that does that / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lawn is spray painted with Aztec-inspired designs
Inside out
Published Winter 2017
For his installation this past summer, Evergreen's artist-in-residence arranged scooters and dirt bikes among the fine art inside and painted designs on the lawn / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Charity Tillemann-Dick
Music
Indomitable diva
Published Winter 2017 Video
After two double-lung transplants, Peabody alum Charity Tillemann-Dick is again singing onstage around the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A black and white photo shows a boy in a newsy cap holding the reins of a white horse
Film
Documenting the Northern Neck
Published Winter 2017
A recently discovered trove of films documenting life in Virginia during the Great Depression reveal a Hopkins alum's love for his hometown / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Hopkins history treasure hunt
Published Winter 2017
Dig a hole, crack a safe—You never know what will turn up from Hopkins' past / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cover image of 'The Making of Black Lives Matter'
NONFICTION
History of a demand
Published Winter 2017
In his recent book, Chris Lebron explores the political and philosophical ideas implicit in the modern Black Lives Matter movement / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book cover of The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers
NONFICTION
Indispensable reference
Published Winter 2017
'The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers' shines a light on a lesser-known era of journalists, playwrights, poets, etc. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cover image of 'No Harm Done'
Fiction
Surreal family life
Published Winter 2017
Jean McGarry's collection is an indelible dip into the surreal combination of comedy and drama that overstuffs ordinary family life / Johns Hopkins Magazine