WYPR & The Weekly Reader Live! 
Marion Winik with Jung Yun, Hannah V. Sawyerr, Eman Quotah
Carey Center
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201

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The return of a live version of WYPR’s Weekly Reader for this year’s festival with national book critic and author Marion Winik, who celebrates the 30th anniversary edition and audio version of First Comes Love, interviews three novelists with celebrated releases in this hour-long segment. Jung Yun is the author of the novels All the World Can Hold, O Beautiful, and Shelter. Library Journal gave her latest novel a starred review: “Writing with grit and compassion, Yun unveils the heart of her characters and brings forth an engaging piece that looks into the realm of friendships, family, identity, and belonging.” Jung is an Associate Professor of English at George Washington University. Hannah V. Sawyerr is a poet and award-winning author. Her debut novel, All the Fighting Parts, was a 2024 Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, and her sophomore novel, Truth Is, is a 2025 National Book Award Finalist and a 2026 LA TIMES Book Prize Finalist. Eman Quotah is the author of the novels Bride of the Sea and her latest, The Night Is Not for You of which Jen Julian, author of Red Rabbit Ghost, shares, “Eman Quotah perfectly captures the dark heart of girlhood.” Marion Winik is an essayist, book reviewer, and professor of writing at the University of Baltimore. She hosts the NPR podcast The Weekly Reader. She was a commentator on All Things Considered for fifteen years.

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CityLit Project in partnership with Maryland Center for History and Culture present Bearing Witness: Literature as a Revolutionary Act. This celebration of the arts showcases a bevy of leading poets and writers on April 11, 2026. We’re talking fiction, nonfiction, poetry galore, and ways to up the ante on your craft.

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