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Guest post by Charles J. Rzepka Aside from family and friends, only devoted fans widely read in Elmore Leonard’s fiction were likely to understand why the children of a writer famous for his gritty, violent, and profanity-laced prose would have asked that, after their father’s death, donations be made in his memory to the Maryknoll…

We're happy to be here in Milwaukee with the folks of The Wildlife Society, but we also know not everyone who wanted to was able to come on out for the 2013 TWS, so we're pleased to open our virtual exhibit to meeting attendees and the wildlife professionals and nature enthusiasts who were unable to…

guest post by Peter L. Beilenson, M.D., M.P.H. October 1, 2013 was probably the most significant day in American health care policy since the inauguration of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, nearly 50 years ago. On the first day of the month, the most important mechanism for increasing access to newly available affordable health insurance—the…

The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Susan J. Noonan, M.D., M.P.H. Thursday, October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a time for each of us to reflect on our own mental health and the relationships that we…

The Doctor Is In is an occasional series where JHU Press authors discuss the latest developments and news in health and medicine. Guest post by Susan J. Noonan, M.D., M.P.H. Thursday, October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a time for each of us to reflect on our own mental health and the relationships that we…

October continues a lively fall season for JHU Press authors, editors, and staff. One notable three-day stretch includes the launch of Michael Olesker’s new book, Front Stoops in the Fifties, at Baltimore’s Pratt Library on October 21; a stellar gathering at JHU/SAIS in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the publication of ZBIG: The Strategy and Statecraft…

Guest Post by Thomas G. Sowders On this 134th anniversary of Wallace Stevens’ birth, we might well ask: Why do we keep turning to this poet? Paradoxically both one of the most highly regarded and least-known major men of the modernist era, Stevens’ ideas—his belief in a supreme fiction, his faith in the abstract, his fascination…

Guest Post by John Bryant Herman Melville died on September 28, 1891. That sullen fact might strike you as a morbid greeting for a blog posting, the first such posting for Leviathan, the official publication of The Melville Society. Since I am certain that our subscribers are among the living, I know they are very…

News and Notes Take a peak inside our latest Political Science Catalog, covering International Relations, Democracy Studies, Security Studies, and American Politics. Charles Rzepka, author of Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard, wrote a moving eulogy honoring the late author, who passed away last month. Michelle Ann Abate, author of Bloody Murder: The Homicide…

News and Notes Take a peak inside our latest Political Science Catalog, covering International Relations, Democracy Studies, Security Studies, and American Politics. Charles Rzepka, author of Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard, wrote a moving eulogy honoring the late author, who passed away last month. Michelle Ann Abate, author of Bloody Murder: The Homicide…