Poets and children's literature aficionados no doubt know that celebrated American writer X.J. Kennedy turned 83 this week. A textbook and children's lit author, poet, teacher, and translator, Kennedy has earned many literary awards throughout his distinguished career, from the 1961 Lamont Award from the Academy of American Poets (now known as the James Laughlin Award) and the Los Angeles…
When X.J. Kennedy learned of our giveaway in celebration of his 83rd birthday he just couldn't hold back. Calling us "magnanimous" for wanting to give away one of his books, Kennedy suggested a few answers to our question, such as "antiquated," "rimed and metrical," "stanzaic," "crafted," and our favorite, "oldfangled." None of these answers will…
Wild Thing is a monthly series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by Alison Rieser Judith M. Heimann, one of the people I interviewed for my newly released book, wrote in The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom…
Wild Thing is a monthly series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by Alison Rieser Judith M. Heimann, one of the people I interviewed for my newly released book, wrote in The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom…
Guest post by Nova J. Silvy How do you get 119 individuals to work on the same book? It takes professionalism, persistence, and dedication, plus an incredible passion for wildlife. Those 119 people provided expertise for the 37 chapters of the seventh edition of The Wildlife Society’s The Wildlife Techniques Manual. The volumes would not have…