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Scrittura interruptus

Guest post by Lytton John Musselman “A book is never, ever finished, only interrupted by publication,” my friend Garrison Keillor wrote me in response to my query about his forthcoming book deadline. The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants is unfinished, though I am thankful it was interrupted by publication. Writing a book on a topic you…

Scrittura interruptus

Guest post by Lytton John Musselman “A book is never, ever finished, only interrupted by publication,” my friend Garrison Keillor wrote me in response to my query about his forthcoming book deadline. The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants is unfinished, though I am thankful it was interrupted by publication. Writing a book on a topic you…

June book talks, interviews, and more

June may be the start of vacation season, but JHU Press authors and editors are hard at work meeting the public, engaging readers, and spreading the word about their publications. From Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library, to NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, to the lively online discussion at the Firedoglake Book Salon, Press authors and staff are launching the…

June book talks, interviews, and more

June may be the start of vacation season, but JHU Press authors and editors are hard at work meeting the public, engaging readers, and spreading the word about their publications. From Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library, to NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, to the lively online discussion at the Firedoglake Book Salon, Press authors and staff are launching the…

New in Anabaptist Studies

The Amish—the companion book to the American Experience documentary on PBS—takes an in-depth look into Amish life in America. Publisher’s Weekly says of The Amish: “The authors successfully address the seeming exoticism of the Amish without sensationalism . . . The scholarship is enlivened with quotes and personal anecdotes, and the final section on the…

New in Anabaptist Studies

The Amish—the companion book to the American Experience documentary on PBS—takes an in-depth look into Amish life in America. Publisher’s Weekly says of The Amish: “The authors successfully address the seeming exoticism of the Amish without sensationalism . . . The scholarship is enlivened with quotes and personal anecdotes, and the final section on the…

Q&A with the authors of THE AMISH

Read on for an informative, sometimes surprising Q&A with Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Nolt, authors of The Amish, the definitive portrayal of the Amish in America in the twenty-first century. Q: Why did you write this book? A: Mainstream Americans are fascinated by the Amish—and so are we. But despite…

Q&A with the authors of THE AMISH

Read on for an informative, sometimes surprising Q&A with Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Nolt, authors of The Amish, the definitive portrayal of the Amish in America in the twenty-first century. Q: Why did you write this book? A: Mainstream Americans are fascinated by the Amish—and so are we. But despite…