The 2025 shortlist for the Booker Prize, “the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction,” has been announced––and among the finalists is Flashlight, the newest novel by […]

This year’s volume of The Best American Poetry has hit the shelves, and the book is filled with Writing Seminars alumni, faculty, and friends. Among the poems selected for the […]

The National Book Foundation and The New Yorker have announced the Longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction. Included among this year’s nominees is Professor Susan Choi’s novel Flashlight. Professor […]

The National Book Foundation and The New Yorker have announced the Longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry. Included among this year’s nominees is Stay Dead, the newest collection by […]

Poet and translator Christopher Childers (MFA ’16) has won the 2025 Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry, for his poem “Lalage.” The annual prize is awarded by the Trustees of […]

Launching in Fall 2025, the Moser Family Writer in Residence initiative brings a renewed emphasis on the literary arts through online courses, engaging lectures, and immersive, place-based experiences. [Odyssey] We’re thrilled to […]

Professor Susan Choi’s new novel Flashlight is among the 13 books nominated for this year’s Booker Prize. As reported by the New York Times, the Booker Prize “is one of […]

Writers in Baltimore Schools brings together Johns Hopkins undergraduates and Baltimore City students of all ages in creative practice and fellowship. [Hub]

The Hopkins Review has been named among the short list of finalists for the 2025 Firecracker Awards granted by the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses, in the “Magazines – […]

“Flashlight,” by Professor Susan Choi, spans several decades and nations to tell a story of exile in its multiple forms. [The New York Times]