We celebrate and applaud one of Baltimore’s own, novelist Susan Muaddi Darraj, who is redefining children’s literature with this introduction of an Arab American girl with a rockin’ spirit. MEET…
Spotlight on Poet Nikky Finney
Nikky Finney was to be our 2020 CityLit Festival keynote, and we were SO READY FOR HER! In light of COVID-19, we decided to feature this award-winning poet at a…
Sharon Flake’s “The Skin I’m In” Turns 20
Author Sharon Flake joined us for CityLit Festival 2019, coming to Baltimore to speak about diversity in young adult literature. Sharon writes about Black teens, including her award-winning The Skin…
John Darnielle: CityLit Festival 2015
John Darnielle, whose novel Wolf in White Van was long-listed for the National Book Award in Fall 2014 for Wolf in White Van, speaks with CityLit Project’s executive director Gregg…