Late-Life Love & Heartbreak ROXANA ROBINSON in conversation with MARION WINIK 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood ROXANA ROBINSON discusses her laudable novel Leaving, an “engrossing exploration of the vows we make to one another and the tensile relationships between parents and their children” with MARION WINIK,…
Praisesong for the Books that Cradled Me GLORY EDIM’s Gather Me. In conversation with LESLIE GRAY STREETER (Baltimore Banner) 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood Author, activist, and the founder of the renowned online literary community, Well-Read Black Girl, GLORY EDIM discusses her forthcoming work Gather Me,…
The Queendom of Literary Women Wintergreen Women Writers Collective • Yellow Arrow Publishing • Zora’s Den • Scribente Maternum • Well-Read Black Girl 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood BRY REED moderates a conversation with women who represent a sisterhood of writers in Baltimore and from across…
Wish You Were Here: Baltimore Women Writers Introduce Yellow Arrow’s Vignette Curated by DR. TONEE MAE MOLL 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood Experience the spectrum of Charm City voices as Yellow Arrow Publishing’s Vignette writers share their work curated by Poetry Editor, DR. TONEE MAE MOLL:…
The Poetry & Poetics of Lucille Clifton KAZIM ALI (Black Buffalo Woman) in conversation with JOËL DÍAZ in partnership with The Clifton House 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood Poet and Scholar KAZIM ALI tends to the work of Lucille Clifton with precision and curiosity, offering close…
A Moment to Pause Musical Guest: IAHIAL (formerly Like Water) 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood Musical guest artist IAHIAL pronounced Eye-yuh Eye YahL sets the stage for CityLit’s closing event The Hunger I Felt. With a uniquely masterful use of sound, this transformative artist provides an…
The Hunger I Felt KAZIM ALI and an ensemble of illustrious poets 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm 31st Street & Barclay Street Waverly Neighborhood CityLit Stage ends the festival day on a high note in an eclectic poetic journey with esteemed poets from across and beyond the region. With UNIQUE ROBINSON serving as…
CityLit Studio IX: Writers on Craft, Creativity, & Community (Special Edition) Publishing with YAHDON ISRAEL, KRISHAN TROTMAN, & DAWN RAFFEL in partnership with Lyric Baltimore Three publishing industry professional creatives KRISHAN TROTMAN (Vice President and publisher of Legacy Lit, an imprint at Hachette Book Group (NY), YAHDON ISRAEL (Senior editor at Simon Schuster and founder…