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Wild Thing: Spring showers bring summer tree seeds…
Wild Thing is an occasional 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 John Koprowski With the recent passage of the summer solstice, the year...
Pride and Publicity
As a 21st-century Catholic, I struggle with the concept of pride as one of the seven deadly sins. Sure, I understand the Bible verses and lessons, but they're hard to reconcile in a time when children are praised for everything and adults are urged to...
My first AAUP meeting
After three and a half years in the university press environment, I feel like an insider. I work in journals, but have learned a lot about the books side as well because of projects like this blog. I have deciphered the acronyms (and I know my manuscript...
GPS to go
Guest post by Mark Denny The astonishing pace at which humankind has progressed, in terms of navigation if not fellowship, came home a while ago at the start of a vacation. We picked up a rental car at the airport with a dashboard GPS unit on board. These...
The Doctor Is In: The arithmetic of children's medicine
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 Edward A. Bell, Pharm.D., BCPS Do you know how to properly measure and administer medicine to your child? A recent...
Quillworts and glassworts
Guest post by Lytton John Musselman Teaching courses about wetland plants at a university on the shores of Chesapeake Bay for almost four decades privileged me to observe and study the wonderful panoply of vegetation in the waters of the Bay, its shores...
How much do our student workers rock?
Our offices at the JHU Press sit just south of the bustling center of Johns Hopkins University: the Homewood campus. We don’t have an exceeding amount of interaction with the students there, but we do offer a number of employment opportunities for them. JHU...
Legalizing conception: on Astrue v. Capato
Guest post by Susan L. Crockin, J.D. The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous May 21 decision, Astrue v. Capato, should not come as a surprise to those following legal issues involving posthumously conceived children. The court was asked by a widow, Karen Capato, to...
Wild Thing: On the timing of bird migration
Wild Thing is an occasional 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 Walter G. Ellison Dark-eyed Junco Anyone leafing through the recent Second Atlas...
Over the Transom: manuscript editing
By Claire McCabe Tamberino, ebook and digital promotion manager In Over the Transom, an occasional series on this blog, we'll walk you through every step of the bookmaking process, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at just how much work goes into turning a...