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    Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks during a discussion with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, on how "to establish and preserve the narrative of January 6th." The event marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
    Carla Hayden let Lizzo play a Founding Father’s flute. Is that why Trump fired her?
    Carla Hayden, the nation’s first female and first Black Librarian of Congress, fired Thursday by Trump, "will remain a Maryland treasure," her fellow Maryland librarians say.
    Author Laurie Frankel at her childhood home in Columbia.
    Bestselling author Laurie Frankel returns to hometown of Columbia for Books in Bloom
    Bestselling author Laurie Frankel returns to her hometown of Columbia for the ninth annual Books in Bloom on Saturday.
    An attendee checks out the Million Lives Book Festival.
    Broken promises, Fyre Festival vibes: A Million Lives Book Festival was a disaster
    A Million Lives Book Festival was supposed to celebrate fantasy authors, narrators and influencers at the Baltimore Convention Center last weekend. Instead, they dealt with the book version of Fyre Festival.
    Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.
    Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series
    The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.
    Kaylee Jones, a student at Annapolis High School, reads from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" on April 12, 2025 in Annapolis, MD. The book was banned from the Naval Academy library.
    In Annapolis, reading Maya Angelou was a small act of rebellion
    Eight hours and 15 minutes. That’s how long it takes to read Maya Angelou's “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” out loud. That’s how long a small act of rebellion takes.

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    My Lady’s Manor Steeplechase.
    7 (or so) things to do in Baltimore County, from bluegrass to mining history
    It’s a good time to start getting out of the house and enjoying all Baltimore County has to offer outdoors.
    An exterior view of the White Marsh branch of the Baltimore County Public Library. The white building is relatively short, with large glass windows.
    White Marsh library will close until late summer
    The White Marsh branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will close after business hours March 29 for renovations to its meeting room and bathrooms.
    Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer gives a television interview at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025.
    Schumer’s book tour stop in Baltimore postponed for ‘security reasons’
    Sen. Chuck Schumer is postponing an event in Baltimore for his upcoming book due to “security reasons,” according to an email from Enoch Pratt Free Library.
    An illustration of Notorious B.I.G. and Yoko Ono from Mark Swartz's “The Music Never Died: Tales From the Flipside.”
    What if Biggie, Aaliyah and other music legends were still alive? Local author imagines new ending.
    Maryland author Mark Swartz's "The Music Never Died" imagines a world where some of music's greatest artists live on in intriguing ways.
    Cat Bohannon is the author of "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution."
    The female body has been ignored by science. ‘Eve’ shows why it shouldn’t be.
    Author and researcher Cat Bohannon will be in Baltimore to discuss “Eve,” her nonfiction book on the intricate history of the importance of the female body in human evolution.

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    Ashley Johnson, right, and her children pick out books at the Our Kids Read Baltimore Literacy Hub, which offers three free books to every kid who walks in the door.
    Can this free Baltimore County bookstore get more kids reading?
    Our Kids Read opened last month in the Eastpoint Mall.
    Tia Hamilton, owner of Urban Reads Bookstore, in her Waverly business.
    The City That Helps: Baltimore rallies around Black bookstore under racist attack
    Local Black bookstore Urban Reads has been habitually racially harassed, but Baltimore showed up for the shop in many ways.
    Children's book author Michelle Knight, seen here at a previous Black History Month Literary Weekend, will also be at one of this year's events.
    Storytellers are keeping alive the Black history we don’t learn in school
    A writer and communications expert created an annual literary event to celebrate Black history and the way it resonates in our lives.
    Baltimore author Eric Puchner's newest novel, "Dream State," is the latest pick for Oprah's Book Club.
    Oprah wants you to read this Baltimore author’s new novel
    Baltimore author and Johns Hopkins associate professor Eric Puchner’s new novel, “Dream State,” is the latest selection for Oprah’s Book Club.
    Local author Colette Shade poses with an issue of WIRED magazine in a funky, Y2K-style chair. Her book is a collections of essays that are a mashup of memoir and reportage.
    The Y2K era in Baltimore: Author Colette Shade on the suburbs, JNCOs and coffee
    Colette Shade is the author of the new book “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”

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    A customer shops at Atomic Books in Hampden on Friday, January 17, 2025.
    Maryland’s Diamond Comic Distributors had a monopoly. How did it go bankrupt?
    Hunt Valley’s Diamond Comic Distributors had a monopoly in the industry, yet slip-ups during the pandemic and delayed deliveries pushed it into bankruptcy last week.
    "Wrangling the Doubt Monster" author Amy L. Bernstein.
    This local author wants you to drown your creative doubts with a flood of joy. Here’s how.
    Local author Amy L. Bernstein wants you to feed your starving creative soul by wrangling your doubt monster.
    The Spa Creek Bridge opened in 1947, one of a generation of bascule drawbridges built by the federal government around the country.
    My Annapolis year by the numbers, a portrait of 2024
    Here is 2024 in review, according to me. I can’t send you all cookies, so you’ll have to make do with numbers.
    Mayor Scott, Laura Lippman and more tell us their favorite reads of the year
    I wanted to know what folks’ favorite read of the year was. Check out answers from the mayor, notable authors in town, a reality TV star and more.
    Holiday lights illuminate Inner West Street in Annapolis.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Midnight Madness celebrates small-town holidays
    Midnight Madness is back with three nights of late shopping in downtown Annapolis this month. It’s one of seven great things to do in the coming week.
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