Questioning Reality and Our Place in It

Fall 2023

William Egginton discusses his new book "The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the...

New Book: Segregated Time

Fall 2022

In his new book Segregated Time, P.J. Brendese argues that time is used and misused,...

Spring 2022

Academy Professor Alice McDermott discusses her latest collection of essays, What About the Baby.

Fall 2021

Homewood Professor of the Arts Andrew Motion discusses his 14th volume of poetry, big questions...

Spring 2021

Niloofar Haeri, professor of anthropology and chair of the Krieger School’s Program in Islamic Studies,...

Fall 2020

Robert Lieberman's new book, Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy, discusses the pillars...

Spring 2020

Andrew Miller's book On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives rediscovers classic...

Fall 2019

Casey Marina Lurtz's new book, From the Grounds Up, details how the Mexican district of...

Spring 2019

David A. Taylor’s new book, Cork Wars, relates how the buoyant bark of a specific...

Spring 2018

Alice McDermott’s latest novel, The Ninth Hour, developed from her desire to understand selflessness, self-sacrifice,...

Fall 2017

In Baltimore: A Political History Matthew Crenson looks at the manifold forces that influenced and...

Fall 2016

A new book, co-written by Johns Hopkins sociologists Stefanie DeLuca and Kathryn Edin, challenges the...