Books

Book-banning and other censorship efforts were a threat to journalistic freedom 100 years ago, and they still are today, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner’s public editor, says.

Baltimore must find ways to rightfully honor writer, orator and abolitionist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the power of her legacy, author and Johns Hopkins History Professor Martha S. Jones says.

Journalist Allison Gilbert and Banner columnist Leslie Gray Streeter will be discussing Gilbert’s and Julia Scheeres’ book about Elsie Robinson, once a highly paid and highly read syndicated columnist, next week.

One writer’s thoughts on the most riveting sports reads of the year.

I know there are avid readers like me out there, so here’s a year-end wander through my personal book list, the top reads at the Anne Arundel County Public Library and some notes on what Annapolis (Annapolish?) authors published this year.

Anthony Moll’s newest collection of poetry, ”You Cannot Save Here,” won a regional writing award.

Award-winning author Sheri Booker hopes to empower Black women of all ages with her latest book, ”Imagine a Brown Girl.”

Dreamers & Make-Believers is believed to be the first bookstore in the neighborhood in at least 10 years.

If you’re looking for a gift for the book lover on your list, consider some of these titles with Maryland connections.

Books such as “Gender Queer” and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” have become flash points in school board races nationwide, including in Maryland.

Red Emma's recently purchased a building at 415 E. 32nd Street and a storefront at 3128 Greenmount Ave. and is renovating them to create a multilevel community coffeehouse, bookstore, and social center.

The trio launched their company Holistic Life Foundation in 2001 after meeting at College Park. Since then, they have taught the benefits of yoga and meditation to more than 50,000 people.

Maryland Humanities’ One Maryland One Book program has returned after a three-year hiatus with an author talk from Naima Coster.

Maraniss sheds light on the life and legend of Thorpe in ways that are remarkable and sobering.

Jocelyn Broadwick has been entertaining crowds during Highlandtown's First Friday Art Walks by reading aloud steamy pulp novels from the 1950s and ’60s — and now the reading series is reaching an even bigger platform.

Jordannah Elizabeth distills astrology into foundational terms and concepts so that young people can feel empowered to begin their own astrological study.