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Top 20 Articles of June 2025
"Reading Comprehension Skills of English Majors at Two Midwestern Universities" continued to be the most-read Hopkins Press journal article in June, and the much-discussed CEA Critic article even got a nod in The New Yorker. Articles on artificial intelligence...

Finding Children’s Voices in The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines childhood as “the state or period of being a child” as well as “the early period in the development of something”.[i] While accurate, these definitions miss something crucial to understanding childhood in both the past...

Top 20 Articles of May 2025
Tongues were wagging and posters were posting this May about a recent study in The CEA Critic looking at "Reading Comprehension Skills of English Majors at Two Midwestern Universities," with nearly 100,000 views in May alone. If you've missed this viral hit...

Worried About Memory Loss? Dr. Peter Rabins Has 101 Answers That Can Help
A renowned medical expert answers your most pressing questions about memory loss, causes of dementia, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and more.

Callaloo's Dr. Charles Rowell receives PEN/Mora Magid Award
On May 8th, I was honored to accept the PEN/Nora Magid Award for Magazine Editing award on behalf of Dr. Charles Rowell, the founder and longtime editor of Callaloo. Callaloo started with Dr. Rowell’s vision for Black literature, namely for the inclusion and...

Koritha Mitchell: A Reading List
Koritha Mitchell is is a public intellectual, a professor of English, a literary historian, an award-winning author and cultural critic, and as of last year she is also a member of the Hopkins Press Advisory Board. Her work has already had quite an impact both...

The Poe/tics of Reception: A Reading LIst
To accompany our podcast interview with Eliza Richards, Elissa Zellinger, and Kelly Ross about the forthcoming Poe Studies issue celebrating 20 years of Eliza Richards' Gender and the Poetics of Reception in Poe's Circle, we have assembled a Poe-focused...

The Public Health Crises Plaguing America's Prisons
How the failure to protect incarcerated people from infections has led to preventable outbreaks—and how public health professionals can make a difference.

The Ties That Bind: What Networks Reveal About Our World
The author of Dots and Lines shares a thought-provoking blog about the networks that connect us with each other and the world.

Project MUSE and USHMM Launch New Landmark Initiative
(Washington, DC & Baltimore, MD) – Project MUSE, a division of Johns Hopkins University Press, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, announces today a new landmark in the Museum’s longstanding Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos...
