Month: January 2013

Guest post by Marian Moser Jones How do you write about somebody so famous in American history that a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike, a Maryland parkway, and elementary schools in at least nine states are named after her? The task might seem easy. At least you do not have to introduce her…

The staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 lives every year in the U.S.—is an urgent public health issue that demands effective policies informed by research and data that will prevent gun violence. On January 14th and 15th, 2013, the Johns Hopkins University will host the Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy…

The staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 lives every year in the U.S.—is an urgent public health issue that demands effective policies informed by research and data that will prevent gun violence. On January 14th and 15th, 2013, the Johns Hopkins University will host the Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy…

Guest post by Jonathan F.S. Post The recent generous review by David Yezzi of The Selected Letters of Anthony Hecht in The Wall Street Journal happily calls attention to a number of high points in the book, including the funny anecdote Hecht tells of events surrounding his time as a juror on the Bollingen Prize…

Guest post by Michael Wolfe Cut These Words into My Stone, my book of Greek epitaphs in translation, came out recently from the JHU Press. Already the question I’m most often asked is, How did you come up with this book?  What moved you to make a collection of Greek epitaphs ? It’s a natural question,…

With the holidays behind us and the dust of year-end celebrations settled, the JHU Press, as is the case with many of you faithful blog readers, is hitting the road! That's right, it's annual-meeting-mania and we'll be showcasing new publications and backlist favorites from coast-to-coast for the next week and a half. Tomorrow kicks off for…