Schedule of Events

10:00 am – 12:00 pm FEATURED EVENT

One-on-One 30-Minute Editorial Critique Sessions:
Bret McCabe, Rebekah Kirkman, Chelsea Lemon Fetzer, Rosalia Scalia, Kathy Flann, Lisa Snowden-McCray

11:00 am – 12:15 pm
OF MOURNING & MEMORY: BROWN GIRL AND MUSLIM, THE POETRY OF LOSS & AWAKENINGS
FATIMAH ASGHAR, a reading & conversation with Nafisa Isa

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
QUEER POSSIBILITY: WRITING CATASTROPHE AND IMAGINING WHAT COMES NEXT
Featuring Tonee Moll, Rahne Alexander, Unique Robinson, MEGAN MILKS*, and Imani Spence

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS
Hedgebrook introduces CARMEN MARIA MACHADO* in conversation with Nicole Shawan Junior

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
THE ‘STATE’ OF BALTIMORE: SHEDDING LIGHT ON CRITICAL ISSUES
Featuring Joshua Davis, Alanah Nichole Davis, Lawrence Brown, and Nneka N’namdi

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
LITTLE DEVILS WITH UNCHAINED ARMS
HANIF ABDURRAQIB* in conversation with Jason Reynolds

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
VOICES OF CARMEN
An original CJ Philip production and youth-centered, musical adaptation of the opera Carmen

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
A VISUAL MAPPING OF YOUR STORY: HOW TO WRITE WHAT YOU SEE
A 90-minute craft intensive featuring Rosalia Scalia, Kosiso Ugeuwe, Shannon Robinson, and Sufiya Abdur-Rahman

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
I’VE BEEN IN SORROW’S KITCHEN: THE MANY WAYS WE WEAR OUR GRIEF
A procession of artists in an eclectic exploration of loss featuring Allen Xing, Kathy Flann, Mejdulene Shomali, Chin-Yer, Gayle Danley, Kisha Webster (Greenmount West Community Center), Kondwani Fidel, and Black Assets

5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
MY BROKEN LANGUAGE
Baltimore/DC Bushwick Book Club centers Quiara Alegría Hudes’ work with a musical interpretation curated by Sea Griffin, featuring Boy Meets Pearl, Lou Black, and Antonio Villaronga

*THE WRITER’S ROOM (registration required)
MEGAN MILKS  |  1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
CARMEN MARIA MACHADO Maria Machado  |  2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
HANIF ABDURRAQIB & FATIMAH ASGHAR  |  5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

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CityLit Project and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Hedgebrook and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company present CityLit Festival: Lifting As We Climb. This celebration of the arts showcases a bevy of leading poets and writers on March 25, 2023. We’re talking fiction, nonfiction, poetry galore, and ways to up the ante on your craft.

Download the CityLit Festival: Lifting As We Climb flyer.