William Egginton discusses his new book "The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the...
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New Book: Segregated Time
Fall 2022
In his new book Segregated Time, P.J. Brendese argues that time is used and misused,...
New Book: What About the Baby?
Spring 2022
Academy Professor Alice McDermott discusses her latest collection of essays, What About the Baby.
Poems as Disrupters
Fall 2021
Homewood Professor of the Arts Andrew Motion discusses his 14th volume of poetry, big questions...
Words of Faith
Spring 2021
Niloofar Haeri, professor of anthropology and chair of the Krieger School’s Program in Islamic Studies,...
The Push and Pull of American Democracy
Fall 2020
Robert Lieberman's new book, Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy, discusses the pillars...
Considering What Might Have Been
Spring 2020
Andrew Miller's book On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives rediscovers classic...
Bookshelf: From the Grounds Up
Fall 2019
Casey Marina Lurtz's new book, From the Grounds Up, details how the Mexican district of...
The Power of Cork
Spring 2019
David A. Taylor’s new book, Cork Wars, relates how the buoyant bark of a specific...
A Place Apart
Spring 2018
Alice McDermott’s latest novel, The Ninth Hour, developed from her desire to understand selflessness, self-sacrifice,...
Mobtown’s Charmed History
Fall 2017
In Baltimore: A Political History Matthew Crenson looks at the manifold forces that influenced and...
The Other America—Waiting to Be Heard
Fall 2016
A new book, co-written by Johns Hopkins sociologists Stefanie DeLuca and Kathryn Edin, challenges the...