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Arts+Culture

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'

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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

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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

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

Q+A

Talking with Chris Lebron

Published Winter 2017

Philosophy professor talks teaching philosophy via a social movement, radical art, and James Baldwin's idea of love / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Q+A

Talking with Hollis Robbins

Published Winter 2017

In Hollis Robbins' view, 19th-century women were writing about the central issues of their time and ours: liberty, democracy, equality, and citizenship / Johns Hopkins Magazine