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Beer in Seattle, birds in New York, behavioral health and outdoor sculpture in Baltimore—check out our author events, exhibits, and other activities in the merry (and busy) month of May! As always, we love it when you help spread the word about JHUP events. 8 May 2015, 12:00 p.m. Johns Hopkins Retirees Program Tea & Book…

Beer in Seattle, birds in New York, behavioral health and outdoor sculpture in Baltimore—check out our author events, exhibits, and other activities in the merry (and busy) month of May! As always, we love it when you help spread the word about JHUP events. 8 May 2015, 12:00 p.m. Johns Hopkins Retirees Program Tea & Book…

Guest post by William Kerrigan March 11th is National Johnny Appleseed Day, the 170th anniversary of the death of John Chapman, the real life Johnny Appleseed.  By the time of Chapman's death in March 1845,  he had already earned a reputation as an eccentric in the central Ohio and Northeastern Indiana communities where he spent most…

Guest post by William Kerrigan March 11th is National Johnny Appleseed Day, the 170th anniversary of the death of John Chapman, the real life Johnny Appleseed.  By the time of Chapman's death in March 1845,  he had already earned a reputation as an eccentric in the central Ohio and Northeastern Indiana communities where he spent most…

For nearly 40 years, the journal Callaloo has showcased original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide. The quarterly offers an engaging mixture of fiction, poetry, critical articles, interviews, drama, and visual art. In late 2014, however, a long-time dream of journal founder and editor Charles Henry Rowell came to life…

Guest post by Thomas Leitch Why do otherwise intelligent and discriminating people routinely come away from movies like Selma, American Sniper, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything under the impression that their fictionalizations of history are true? Can’t they tell the difference between real life and the movies? In a word, no, they…

Guest post by Thomas Leitch Why do otherwise intelligent and discriminating people routinely come away from movies like Selma, American Sniper, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything under the impression that their fictionalizations of history are true? Can’t they tell the difference between real life and the movies? In a word, no, they…

Guest post by Janine Barchas If Lydia Bennet hung celebrity pinups above her bed, whom might she have singled out among the rich and famous from the Georgian era? The following speculations are rooted in historical truth.  Celebrity culture was in full swing when Jane Austen was born in 1775.  Although hers was the age…

Guest post by Janine Barchas If Lydia Bennet hung celebrity pinups above her bed, whom might she have singled out among the rich and famous from the Georgian era? The following speculations are rooted in historical truth.  Celebrity culture was in full swing when Jane Austen was born in 1775.  Although hers was the age…

By Janet Gilbert, JHUP Staff “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” – Henry James Frankly, I wondered how I could possibly write this post about civility without coming off as the Purveyor of Politeness, the Diplomat…