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A man shifts rocks around while two partially harvest agave plants, trimmed of their spiky leaves, rest on the ground

Liquid culture

Published Fall 2017

Writer Granville Greene makes the case for knowing more about the people who made your mezcal / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Lizzie Gilman reads from a paper and gestures with her right hand

Firebrand with a pince-nez

Published Fall 2017

Elisabeth Gilman, the youngest daughter of JHU's founding president, was a fierce advocate for social justice / Johns Hopkins Magazine

The lonely crusader

Published Fall 2017

Lawrence Jackson profiles the work of Chester Himes, who all but invented the black crime novel / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Carry a torch

Published Fall 2017

Monica Hesse's new book, 'American Fire' chronicles a couple's 2014 arson spree across Virginia's Eastern Shore, exploring not so much who committed these crimes, but why / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Guarding Saddam

Published Fall 2017

Will Bardenwerper tells the stories of the young men whose service involved sharing Saddam Hussein's last few months as he waited to be put to death / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Talking with Monica Hesse

Published Fall 2017

Hesse relocated to Accomack County on Virginia's Eastern Shore for a few months while researching the arsons that she covers in her new book, 'American Fire' / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Peabody faculty member Kimberly Kong has played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, yet she still finds time to share her favorite fashion, food, and beauty finds with her more than half a million blog followers / Johns Hopkins Magazine