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@hopkinspress.bsky.social
. Formerly at Basic Books &
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
.
I've always wished I had a book to give to scholar-authors who want to write op-eds. Now, thanks to the brilliant David Perry (
@lollardfish.bsky.social
), that book is about to exist! Get a sneak preview here:
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David M. Perry
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Iâm really grateful to Greg. Page 85 is where I reveal the origin story of this book. Itâs a Bluesky book.
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Daniel Denvir
22 days ago
A monstrously comprehensive nearly three hour long episode of
@thedigradio.bsky.social
examining the economic warfare dimensions of the US-Israeli war on Iran and Iranâs asymmetric response with Aslı BĂąli,
@yarbatman.bsky.social
, and Nicholas Mulder.
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/econ...
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Economic Warfare w/ Aslı Bùli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Nicholas Mulder
Featuring Aslı BĂąli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, and Nicholas Mulder on the economic warfare unfolding with the US-Israeli war on Iranâand beyond.
https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/economic-warfare-w-asli-bali-esfandyar-batmanghelidj-nicholas-mulder/
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
16 days ago
Someone sent me this.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
18 days ago
It was an honor to tell the truth. Preorders are love, yâall.
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My colleagues are so talented!
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Hopkins Press
about 2 months ago
Tomorrow in DC! Marine robotics expert James Bellingham will be discussing his new book with NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce Snag a ticket before they're gone.
www.eventbrite.com/e...
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Hopkins Press
about 2 months ago
Come say hi to us this week in the AWP exhibit hall, and don't miss our panel with our colleagues in
@hopkinsreview.bsky.social
, the Writing Seminars, and the online MA programs Johns Hopkins University: Join the Literary Legacy Thursday, 5 March, Room 324
conference.awpwriter.org/in_person_ev...
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David M. Perry
about 2 months ago
"If you're a writerâany sort of a writer, reallyâin search of an audience, you will find so much that's invaluable in this candid, spirited, and openhearted handbook." -
@bcdreyer.social
on
#ThePublicScholar
. Which you can pre-order here:
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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2 months ago
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Hopkins Press
3 months ago
William Lopez (
William Lopez
) joined
Michigan Public
to discuss his research on how immigration raids affect Midwest communities and his book, "Raiding the Heartland."
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Stateside: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026
The largest immigration detention center in the Midwest is in Michigan. Since October, the average daily population there ballooned to more than 1,300 people. Each week, a retired evangelical pastor from West Michigan goes to visit people there. Our producer Michelle Jokisch Polo tells that story.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/stateside/2026-01-27/stateside-tuesday-jan-27-2026
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Project MUSE
3 months ago
"Eighteenth-Century Coasts," the latest special issue of "Eighteenth-Century Studies," reveals the role coastal regions had in shaping history during an intense period of global exploration and industry.
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Hopkins Press
3 months ago
Best interview yet with Eduardo Mercado, author of "Why Whales Sing."
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Scientist says weâve got whale song all wrong | CBC Radio
In a new book called Why Whales Sing, Eduardo Mercado details his life's work to try and understand what whale songs are all about.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/why-whales-sing-9.7022970
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Hopkins Press
4 months ago
Today marks Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Celebrate with 30% off select books - plus, get free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Use code HJANE25 to save on in-depth biographies like "The Making of Jane Austen," essential poetry collections, and much more.
https://tr.ee/oyFyMj
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Hopkins Press
5 months ago
Now through 12/7, save 40% on all booksâand get free shipping on your $50+ order with code HHOL25! âïžđ From bestselling titles like "Catland" to current event must-reads like "In a Rain of Dust," Hopkins Press has books for all readers this holiday season.
www.press.jhu.edu/bo...
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Princeton University Press
5 months ago
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
highlights the Hopkins Press Podcast and how, through this podcast, they aim to make academic research engaging and accessible through conversation, in pursuit of their goal to enrich the life of every person:
press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hop...
#TeamUP
#UPWeek
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The Hopkins Press Podcast: Why we #TeamUp to make academic research engaging and accessible
Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876
https://press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hopkins-press-podcast-why-we-teamup-make-academic-research-engaging-and-accessible
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Association of University Presses
5 months ago
The article includes insights from press directors
@ucpress.bsky.social
,
@upcolorado.bsky.social
,
@ugapress.bsky.social
,
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
&
@uofmpress.bsky.social
as well as AUPresses executive director.
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University Presses Continue Their Missions
Despite pressures from Washington, press directors say they will stay the course while dealing with economic concerns.
https://bit.ly/43pEj33
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Martha S. Jones
5 months ago
Have you seen it?! Romare Beardenâs mural âBaltimore Uproarâ in the Upton Metro Station.
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So delighted with this interview with Eduardo Mercado, author of "Why Whales Sing." Spoiler: whale aren't really "singing" but echolocating (!).
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How whales may be using their haunting songs as a navigation system
Podcast Episode · Instant Genius · 11/07/2025 · 21m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-whales-may-be-using-their-haunting-songs-as-a/id1296673906?i=1000735386283
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William Lopez and Ashley Cureton discuss the toll of immigration raids in the Midwest (via
@literatibookstore.bsky.social
and
@c-span.bsky.social
).
www.c-span.org/program/book...
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Hopkins Press
5 months ago
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning more about the long, rich, complex histories of North America's Native peoples with books from Hopkins Press, including "Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of Colonial South Carolina," "Traitor," and more.
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Hopkins Press
7 months ago
"Raiding the Heartland" author William D. Lopez (
@wdlopez.bsky.social
) talked to Wisconsin Public Radio's Kate Archer Kent about how Midwest communities deal with the violence of worksite immigration raids.
www.wpr.org/news/what-im...
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What do immigration enforcement raids look like in the Midwest?
In public health researcher William Lopezâs new book, he studies worksite raids in small, rural and mostly white communities. In âRaiding the Heartland,â he said immigration enforcement has long-lasti...
https://www.wpr.org/news/what-immigration-enforcement-raids-look-like-midwest
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David M. Perry
7 months ago
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook. "Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
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The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54219/public-scholar
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Hopkins Press
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"From large cities like Los Angeles to small, rural towns like OâNeill, Neb., communities have come together...to resist the cruelty and chaos of mass deportation," writes William D. Lopez (
@wdlopez.bsky.social
), author of "Raiding the Heartland." @TIME.
time.com/7319484/immi...
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Mass Deportation Has Begun, But So Has Mass Resistance
How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.
https://time.com/7319484/immigration-ice-deportation-rural-resistance/
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Hopkins Press
7 months ago
"Communities donât sit around and let removal and separation happen,"
@wdlopez.bsky.social
tells
@motherjones.com
. His book "Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance" is out next week!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The âchaos and crueltyâ of Trumpâs worksite immigration raids
A scholar looked at how the enforcement tactic upends communities, leaving many feeling âlike a tornadoâ hit their town.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/trump-dhs-immigration-worksite-raids-hundai-plant-south-korea-homan-interview-raiding-homeland-lopez/
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Hopkins Press
8 months ago
RIP to Margaret W. Rossiter, intrepid historian and author of the "Women Scientists in America" trilogy published by Hopkins Press.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
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Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/science/margaret-w-rossiter-dead.html
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. đŠ
8 months ago
Check out the latest
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
podcast, featuring an interview with me about our new research showing that Bluesky is the preferred home of online scientists and science communicators. đ§ȘđŠđ
#SciComm
www.press.jhu.edu/multimedia/h...
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Hopkins Press Podcast 4.5: David Shiffman on Why Bluesky Matters
https://www.press.jhu.edu/multimedia/hopkins-press-podcast-45-david-shiffman-why-bluesky-matters
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Hopkins Press
8 months ago
Through an innovative blend of historical rigor and cultural insight, "The Novel and the Blank" by
@mpbrown.bsky.social
uncovers the vibrant, overlooked world of the eighteenth-century British American print shop and reveals the complexities of colonial life.
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Hopkins Press
9 months ago
William Lopez (
@wdlopez.bsky.social
âŹ)'s "prescient" forthcoming book on the cruel logic of ICE workplace raids gets a
@publisherswkly.bsky.social
star.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781421453705
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Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance by William D Lopez
Until recently, the southern U.S. border dominated most discussions of immigration, but public health scholar Lopez (Separated) ...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781421453705
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The Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd (OPP)
9 months ago
@natureportfolio.nature.com
's 'Books In Brief' features
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
' RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE ZOMBIE BUGS by
@laminda.bsky.social
. Buy a copy anywhere in Europe from your local bookshop or
@blackwells.bsky.social
!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Rise of the planet of the zombie bugs: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02145-1
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Hopkins Press
9 months ago
ââI donât think itâs out of the question that what was presumably settled for decades and decadesâ is now up for debate.â Harold Gouzoules, co-author of âThe Hundred Years' Trial,â spoke with
@theglobeandmail.com
on the centennial of the Scopes âMonkey Trialâ:
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Angela Baggetta
10 months ago
Why does the big bill not repeal the estate tax, a goal of R's for years? Because it allows the ultra-rich to avoid even more taxes. Great piece by BC law prof Ray Madoff in
@washingtonpost.com
; book THE SECOND ESTATE is out in Oct.
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A signature GOP issue is omitted from Trumpâs âbigâ tax bill. Weird.
The âdeath taxâ is already dead. Thatâs why Republicans stopped trying to kill it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/30/trump-republican-estate-tax-budget-bill/
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Ben Franklin's World
10 months ago
Too often, LGBTQ+ lives are left out of the stories of the American Revolutionary Era. We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us. đ
www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
#PrideMonth
#EarlyAmericanHistory
#Skystorians
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Martha S. Jones
11 months ago
âWith painstaking archival research and graceful prose, Jones blends a legacy of enslavement, passing, Jim Crow, and colorism into a complex portrait of an American family over time in an all-too-often racist land and legal system.â
www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/arts...
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Historian Martha S. Jonesâ New Memoir Traces Five Generations of Her Own Lineage
In âThe Trouble of Color,â the Johns Hopkins University professor blends a legacy of enslavement, passing, Jim Crow, and colorism into a complex portrait of an American family in an all-too-often raci...
https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/martha-s-jones-memoir-the-trouble-of-color-traces-five-generations-of-her-own-lineage/
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This is tonight!
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11 months ago
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Rebecca Colesworthy
11 months ago
And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF.
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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Advice | How to Promote Your Scholarly Book
An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-promote-your-scholarly-book
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Hopkins Press
11 months ago
Our Fall 2025 books catalog is available now! đ Browse upcoming books in a variety of subjects, from updated editions of bestsellers like "The 36-Hour Day" and "Teaching with AI" to must-read titles including "The Hundred Years' Trial" and "Why Whales Sing."
www.press.jhu.edu/books/fall-2...
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Hopkins Press
12 months ago
Things feeling apocalyptic? It's nothing compared to what goes on in the invertebrate world. Don't miss Mindy Weisberger on zombified bugs and her new book (via
@scifri.bsky.social
).
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ris...
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A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies
âRise of the Zombie Bugsâ explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/rise-of-the-zombie-bugs-book/
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Mindy Weisberger
about 1 year ago
It's out! Rise of the Zombie Bugs is officially released today, and I'm so grateful to everyone at
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
who made that happen. Want a peek? Read an excerpt at
@livescience.com
about the zombifying fly that parasitizes ants and decapitates its host from inside the ant's head đ§Ș
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'Once the ant turned its back on the colony and walked away, it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat'
"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the i...
https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/the-parasite-was-in-the-drivers-seat-the-zombie-ants-that-die-gruesome-deaths-fit-for-a-horror-movie
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Hopkins Press
about 1 year ago
"Rise of the Zombie Bugs" unpacks the science behind real-life arthropod zombies. đ§đȘČ Join
@laminda.bsky.social
in a conversation on how nature's "undead" are far scarier than those of Hollywood and why "Train to Busan" is a must-watch zombie flick.
www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/und...
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The Wildlife Society
about 1 year ago
We are proud to partner with
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
as our official book publishing partner. TWS members save 30% on all books here:
https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/subjects/science/life-sciences?utm_source=socials&utm_content=April_3_2025
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Laura Davulis
about 1 year ago
Friends, if you are at
#OAH25
, the exhibit hall is now open! (Two levels below the lobby.)
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Favorite book cover of the week. The way the title and subtitle are handled...Genius!
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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DC folks! Don't miss Mindy Weisberger discussing "Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control" with Carl Zimmer and Rebecca Lemov tomorrow at the
#LibraryofCongress
.
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Live! At the Library: Discovery Night
Follow your curiosity at the Libraryâs next big themed night, Discovery Night! Nonfiction writers Carl Zimmer, Mindy Weisberger and Rebecca Lemov will discuss their brand-news books, about, respective...
https://www.loc.gov/item/event-416244/live-at-the-library-discovery-night/2025-04-03/
about 1 year ago
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Hopkins Press
about 1 year ago
and in case you missed it, have a listen to our conversation with Kyla Kupferstein Torres about the Future of Callaloo on the Hopkins Press Podcast!
www.press.jhu.edu/multimedia/h...
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Hopkins Press Podcast 3.6: Kyla Kupferstein Torres on the Future of Callaloo
https://www.press.jhu.edu/multimedia/hopkins-press-podcast-36-kyla-kupferstein-torres-future-callaloo
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Full Story Baltimore
about 1 year ago
If you've been on our tours, there's a good chance you've heard a
@marthasjones.bsky.social
quote along the way... It was extremely nice to hear Dr Martha Jones in conversation w/ Danielle Evans, about storytelling & research & family (& her new book), at
@greedyreads.bsky.social
last night!
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Excited for
@marthasjones.bsky.social
at
@greedyreads.bsky.social
tonight!
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ICU nurse James Kelly talks to
@thebaffler.com
about his new book "Margin Over Mission: When Private Equity Owns Your Hospital."
thebaffler.com/latest/failu...
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Failure to Rescue | Jess McAllen
Private equityâs incursion into health care has been disastrousâfor patients and workers alike.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/failure-to-rescue-mcallen
about 1 year ago
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Greg Britton
about 1 year ago
Coming soon: Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters by Eve Darian-Smith
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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