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Callaloo Takes Center Stage

We are proud and honored to publish all 80-plus journals under the JHUP umbrella, but are especially excited when one receives special recognition. That means, right now, that the apple of our eye is Callaloo, along with its esteemed editor, Charles Henry Rowell. PBS NewsHour recently aired a special segment about Rowell’s long-time commitment to African American literature, particularly poetry. The…

Happy Mother’s Day

For many of us, the approach of Mother’s Day prompts a frantic spree at the shopping mall or a quick stop at the florist.  But allow it, please, to also inspire a once-a-year parameter for browsing recent titles and perennial favorites on the JHU Press list. From Nancy Demand’s Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece…