“We can take a little bit of burden off of ourselves if we stop believing that one person has the bedrock on what the truth is.” This is just one of the…
CityLit Festival presents: KEEPING IT IN THE HOUSE – A Masterclass with Kiese Laymon
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 This Festival year we offer you one of America’s brightest literary stars for our highly regarded CityLit Master Class. Kiese Laymon is a Black, southern writer…
CityLit Project presents: Our Keynote Speaker Nikole Hannah-Jones
Tuesday, March 12, 2022, @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST The 1619 Project with creator Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Martha S. Jones LIVE & VIRTUAL @ THE CENTRAL…
Interview with Saima Adil Sitwat, creator of ‘Becoming American’
This fall, CityLit Project has been proud to present ‘Becoming American’, a series of short vignettes & videos of ten immigrant women who now call Maryland home. The series is…
Presenting the 2021 One Book Baltimore – BECOMING BEATRIZ by Tami Charles
One Book Baltimore 2021 Kickoff Event! One Book Baltimore is a collaboration between Enoch Pratt Free Library, T. Rowe Price, Baltimore City Public schools, CityLit Project, and several local organizations…
Celebrating Baltimore Novelist Susan Muaddi Darraj
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…