The Hopkins Review 17.2: Come Closer
In our spring issue, you’ll revisit friends lost, find fellowship from the recent to the ancient, and stare down more insidious in-group behavior with our signature gathering of poetry, fiction, translation, interview, visual art, personal essay, critical writing, and public-facing scholarship. Gioncarlo Valentine’s cover photograph Zola under Her Mom Farhia’s Coat sets the intimate tone.
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Established in 1947 and relaunched in 2008, The Hopkins Review is a journal of literature and culture from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. It is published in partnership with Hopkins Press, America’s oldest university press.
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In this issue and beyond, you’ll cross languages, borders, and cultures; you’ll also experience the rich artistic life of The Hopkins Review’s home city. This juxtaposition of global and local reflects our belief in conversation across real and perceived distances—art and scholarship, tradition and innovation. Our community includes readers, writers, artists, and scholars; the staff of the Hopkins Press Journals Division; esteemed advisory and contributing editors; and a brilliant editorial team of students in the Writing Seminars at JHU. We hope the issues in 2024’s volume—our 17th in THR’s “New Series” founded by John T. Irwin in 2007—provide both escape and connection.
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Hajjar Baban, Kay Ulanday Barrett, Betsy Boyd, Morri Creech, Armen Davoudian, Jehanne Dubrow, Spencer Clark French, Katarina Frostenson, Heather June Gibbons, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Bradley tHarmon, Mark Harris, Joseph Harrison (1957–2024), Jennifer Keith, Kim Hyesoon, Ma Yan (1979–2010), Nathan McClain, Jean McGarry, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Aaron Poochigian, Donald Quist, Shannon Robinson, Jay Rubin, Rakuko Rubin, Mary Jo Salter, Diane Scharper, Callie Siskel, Willard Spiegelman, Karen Wilkin, Khaliah Williams, Gioncarlo Valentine, Winnie Zeng
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On the cover is Baltimore-born photographer Gioncarlo Valentine’s photograph Zola under Her Mom Farhia’s Coat (2020). THR 17.2 also features a dynamic selection of drawings and mixed media paintings by Trenton Doyle Hancock, introduced by Karen Wilkin.
Meet the Artist
featured in 17.1-4
Gioncarlo Valentine (b. 1990) is an award-winning photographer and writer. Valentine hails from Baltimore City and attended Towson University, in Maryland. Backed by his seven years of social work experience, his photographic work seeks to examine issues faced by marginalized populations, most often focusing his lens on the experiences of Black/LGBTQIA+ communities.