Tag: Short Stories

We’re excited about the books we’ll be publishing this spring—and we're pleased to start off the new year with a series of posts that highlight our forthcoming titles. Be sure to check out the online edition of JHUP’s entire Spring 2016 catalog, and remember that promo code “HDPD” gets you a 30% discount on all…

Interveiw by Hilary Jacqmin, Assistant Manuscript Editor We continue our conversation with Tracy Daugherty, author of the new collection of short stories, Empire of the Dead.  This book is very much a post-9/11 creation. Some of the stories take place before 2001—The Magnitudes, most significantly, deals in a very personal way with the Oklahoma City…

Interview by Hilary Jacqmin, Assistant Manuscript Editor We are pleased to introduce A Writer’s Life, an occasional series on the JHUP Blog featuring interviews with the authors included in our Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction series. First up is Tracy Daugherty, author of the recently published collection of short fiction, Empire of the Dead. Five out of…

by Michele Callaghan, Manuscript Editing I know that many of you are, like me, once or current aspiring writers. Through my blogs, I have pontificated on the correct way to handle all sorts of parts of speech and random bits of punctuation. But now I want to focus on the writing process itself and on two…

Attention humanities scholars and lovers of literature: We're pleased to open the "doors" to our virtual exhibit in support of the 2014 annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. Simply click the banner below to enter and browse over 100 new, recent, and forthcoming books and our entire selection of academic journals. The books are…

Attention humanities scholars and lovers of literature: We're pleased to open the "doors" to our virtual exhibit in support of the 2014 annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. Simply click the banner below to enter and browse over 100 new, recent, and forthcoming books and our entire selection of academic journals. The books are…

Special Discount! Enter code HDPD at checkout to receive a 30% discount on all books featured in this blog post. News and Notes / Praise and Reviews Midday with Dan Rodricks hosted Marian Moser Jones, author of The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal. Janine Barchas, author of Matters of Fact…

Chapter and Verse is a series where JHU Press authors and editors discuss the literary landscape of poetry and prose, whether their own creative work or the literature of others. Guest post by Jean McGarry My relationship with the Baltimore public schools began last year, when, out of the blue, I received an invitation from…

Chapter and Verse is a series where JHU Press authors and editors discuss the literary landscape of poetry and prose, whether their own creative work or the literature of others. Guest post by Jean McGarry My relationship with the Baltimore public schools began last year, when, out of the blue, I received an invitation from…