Kait Howard

What do immigration enforcement raids look like in the Midwest? In public health researcher William Lopez’s new book, he studies worksite raids in small, rural and mostly white communities. In “Raiding the Heartland,” he said immigration enforcement has long-lasti...

"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.
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The Public Scholar A Practical Handbook

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?"

Mass Deportation Has Begun, But So Has Mass Resistance How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.

"From large cities like Los Angeles to small, rural towns like O’Neill, 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...

The “chaos and cruelty” of Trump’s worksite immigration raids A scholar looked at how the enforcement tactic upends communities, leaving many feeling “like a tornado” hit their town.

"Communities don’t 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...

Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History

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...

Hopkins Press Podcast 4.5: David Shiffman on Why Bluesky Matters

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. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm

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The book "The Novel and the Blank: A Literary History of the Book Trades in Eighteenth-Century British America" by Matthew P. Brown on top of a bookshelf.

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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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) ...

William Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social‬)'s "prescient" forthcoming book on the cruel logic of ICE workplace raids gets a @publisherswkly.bsky.social star. www.publishersweekly.com/9781421453705

Rise of the planet of the zombie bugs: Books in brief Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

@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...

“‘I don’t think it’s out of the question that what was presumably settled for decades and decades’ is now up for debate.”

Harold Gouzoules, co-author of “The Hundred Years' Trial,” spoke with @theglobeandmail.com on the centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’:

Opinion | A signature GOP issue is omitted from Trump’s ‘big’ tax bill. Weird. The ‘death tax’ is already dead. That’s why Republicans stopped trying to kill it.

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...

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.

👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414

#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians

Historian Martha S. Jones’ New Memoir Traces Five Generations of Her Own Lineage In ‘The Trouble of Color,’ 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...

“With 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.” www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/arts...

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Advice | How to Promote Your Scholarly Book An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.

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-...

I’m a Public-School English Teacher. The Most Vocal Defenders of K–12 Liberal Arts Are Not Who You’d Expect. Common Core and the College Board are my enemies. But the classical education movement is not my friend.

I made an argument in favor of keeping works of “serious literary value” in public schools. slate.com/life/2025/05...

Three copies of the Hopkins Press Fall 2025 books catalog on a gradient orange and blue background.

An open spread of the Hopkins Press Fall 2025 books catalog showing the books "Why Whales Sing" and "The Hundred Years' Trial" on a gradient orange and blue background.

Our Fall 2025 books catalog is available now! 📚 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...

A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies “Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

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...

'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...

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 🧪

Text reading "The undead walk, but zombie bugs crawl...in conversation with "Rise of the Zombie Bugs" author Mindy Weisberger" on a lime green background. A series of illustrated red ants appear below the text.

"Rise of the Zombie Bugs" unpacks the science behind real-life arthropod zombies. 🧟🪲 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...

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

Hopkins press book exhibit. Lots of books on a table.

Friends, if you are at #OAH25, the exhibit hall is now open! (Two levels below the lobby.)

Favorite book cover of the week. The way the title and subtitle are handled...Genius! @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Live! At the Library: Discovery Night Follow your curiosity at the Library’s next big themed night, Discovery Night! Nonfiction writers Carl Zimmer, Mindy Weisberger and Rebecca Lemov will discuss their brand-news books, about, respective...

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. www.loc.gov/item/event-4...

Hopkins Press Podcast 3.6: Kyla Kupferstein Torres on the Future of Callaloo

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...

Two Black women dressed nicely in blue and black, sitting on a stage at a bookstore, smiling and facing the audience. In between them hangs a rainbow pride/progress flag, and a sign that says "greedy reads" (the name of the bookstore).

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!

Of course! It was such an interesting and inspiring conversation. I had to run home to my 5-month-old; otherwise I would have waited to have you sign my copy of your book.

Excited for @marthasjones.bsky.social at @greedyreads.bsky.social tonight!

Failure to Rescue | Jess McAllen Private equity’s incursion into health care has been disastrous—for patients and workers alike.

ICU nurse James Kelly talks to @thebaffler.com about his new book "Margin Over Mission: When Private Equity Owns Your Hospital."
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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 #AcademicSky