In the Summer 2011 issue

Features

Man in the Middle
 By Michael Anft
 Atheists and religious fanatics are equally wrong about God, argues professor William Egginton in a new book. Just a little belief, he says, means a lot.

“Mom! It’s Ballet!”
 By Dale Keiger, A&S ’11 (MLA)
Last fall, Peabody Dance began training a troupe of little boys in ballet. By spring, they had discipline, moves, and a new French vocabulary.

The Johns Hopkins Magazine Not-Exactly-What-You’d-Call-Breezy Summer Reading List
 By Michael Anft, Ann Finkbeiner, Dale Keiger, Gadi Dechter, A&S ’03 (MA), Kristen Intlekofer, Hollis Robbins
 Although they may require a little effort, these six summer reads are well worth the time.

Oh, the Places They Go
 By Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
 Thinking about a trip this summer? We travel — vicariously, at least — with Johns Hopkins faculty to Cuba, Germany, Syria, Nepal, and Italy.

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