You can view university events at the online "Hub".


Upcoming events

    • Thursday, June 19, 2025
    • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Salvage the Bones

    by Jesmyn Ward


    A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting.

    As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family--motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce--pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.

    Help us select books!

    At the following of the June Book Circle discussion. We will be choosing the books for the remaining months of 2025. Our members are encouraged to bring suggestions of fiction or non-fiction books that they have read and would recommend to our group.

Past events

Thursday, May 15, 2025 JHC Book Club
Thursday, April 24, 2025 JHC Book Club
Thursday, March 20, 2025 JHC Book Club
Thursday, February 20, 2025 JHC Book Club
Thursday, January 16, 2025 JHC Book Club
Thursday, December 19, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, November 21, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, October 17, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, September 19, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, August 15, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, July 18, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, June 20, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, May 16, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, April 18, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, March 21, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, February 15, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, January 18, 2024 JHC Book Club
Thursday, December 21, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, November 16, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, October 19, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, September 21, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, August 17, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, July 20, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, June 15, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, May 18, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, April 20, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, March 16, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, February 16, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, January 19, 2023 JHC Book Club
Thursday, December 15, 2022 JHC Book Club
Thursday, November 17, 2022 JHC Book Club
Thursday, October 20, 2022 JHC Book Club
Thursday, September 15, 2022 JHC Book Club
Thursday, August 18, 2022 JHC Book Club
Thursday, July 21, 2022 JHC Book Club
Thursday, June 16, 2022 Club's Book Circle
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Club's Book Circle
Thursday, April 21, 2022 Club's Book Circle
Thursday, March 17, 2022 Club's Book Circle

The Johns Hopkins Club © 2021-2024

P. O. Box 1646
Cockeysville, MD 21030

Contact us
410.235.3435

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software