"I always think of how much, how high, and how something can get done that has yet to be seen or encountered."
Carla Du Pree’s profound surrender to the principle of abundance has allowed her advocacy to flourish, especially CityLit Project, a Baltimore literary nonprofit founded by Gregg Wilhelm in 2004.
Month-long workshops and discussions that underscore the importance of craft, storytelling, and community
Spread out over the month of March with live and virtual events, the 2022 festival's keynote speaker is Nikole Hannah-Jones.
The new magazine features manifestos, portraits by Schaun Champion, and more info on the critical reading and writing program for Black girls
Taking the form of poems, essays, letters, and stories, the manifestos are sometimes loud, as if shouted through a bullhorn, while others read like a prayer, a setting of intention.
A new chapbook organized by Ann Quinn is both an anthology and a self-directed workshop for poets looking to expand their skills
Poetry Is Life, a new poetry workbook published this month by Baltimore’s Yellow Arrow Publishing, morphs a successful workshop into a handy, portable, and non-electronic format.
An interview with artist, writer, and professor Mark Alice Durant about small press Saint Lucy Books
Saint Lucy evolved from a blog covering photography and contemporary art into a small press that produces stylish, unique books exploring the liminal possibilities and hidden histories of photography.
(Mostly) 2021 Baltimore book highlights
Okay, there are also some 2020 releases included here, but let's give each other some grace...
Indulging Sags' love of exploring new territory
More than a hodge-podge of history gained while gallivanting around Portugal, the book is a love song to the growers and keepers of the age-old tradition of winemaking.
The perfect read for Scorpio season!
Everyone knows Scorpio is labeled as the sex pot, but understand that their repertoire is vast. Their knowledge involves not just “the act” but all things surrounding the act, including hygiene, etiquette, and even how to handle the most embarrassing sexual snafus.
Being Black in America—much less Omaha, Nebraska, where the sisters were born—is far from easy
The best book to represent Libra this October is You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by sisters Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar.
If you care about the planet, and how the education of America’s children plays into this equation, then this book is for you
Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America by Katie Worth explains how climate change is taught in American schools
The myth of museum neutrality, why slowing down matters, and making authentic structural changes
Culture Strike is essential reading for art museum professionals, board members, artists, and cultural community members
Leo, the romantic and charismatic fire sign, is a natural-born leader.
These love stories are bold, considering we rarely experience this sort of diversity about love and family ties within the Black community proclaimed on the page.
Boyce-Taylor is the mother of A Tribe Called Quest rap star Malik Taylor, aka Phife Dawg, who died of complications from type 1 diabetes in 2016
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor's "Mama Phife Represents" embodies Cancer energy well, exploring the depths of a mother’s loss with emotional dexterity.
Saunders' latest book draws from a course he adores teaching on the 19th-century Russian short story in translation
A Swim in a Pond presents readers with two distinct ways to engage with seven full stories by Russian masters Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, and Turgenev: either as a teacher/scholar or as
From 1968 to 1985, Clifton considered herself a “poet who lives in Baltimore” rather than a “Baltimore poet”
Through the imaginative, mystical works she produced—works she insisted she received—Lucille transcended location and met the reader, you could say, at the heart of humanity, where place is merely background.
Ultimately, what I love about this book is that Blakeney makes me feel like I could jump right in and start sprucing up my own house tomorrow.
The bookstore/cafe announced that the cooperative has purchased two buildings that will become their "forever home" in Waverly
A cooperative rather than collective, Red Emma’s tweaks the sometimes oppositional, puritanical perspective of radicalism, expanding without compromising.
These poems center on a young Muslim American girl named Nima, but the issues that she wrestles with are far from childish
Safia Elhillo’s Home Is Not a Country is more than a book, it’s a complex adventure, perfect for restless Aries.
