Anne Tyler references two beloved rock bands in her upcoming novel. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author mentions both Pavement and local legendsCrack the Sky in Noah's...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The short story "Why I Live at the P.O." by Eudora Welty. I'd read the story and performed several characters from it in reader's theatre...
Junot Diaz gave a wonderful reading at the Pratt library, as part of the City Lit Festival, on Saturday. For 60 minutes in a packed Wheeler Auditorium, he was tender and bold, candid and cool,...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Poison River, a graphic novel by Gilbert Hernandez, gave me a master lesson in real writing. It was beautiful beyond words and violent...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
That's simple—Black Beauty by Anna Sewell made me concerned with animal rights, and I became dedicated to this cause.
Legendary pianist...
Millard Kaufman, who created the Mister Magoo cartoon character, passed away a few days ago. Kaufman, who grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Hopkins, also wrote the screenplay for Bad Day at...
Reporting on the upcoming Bob Dylan CD, Together Through Life, the folks at Pitchfork are speculating that the cover is "sure-to-be-scrutinized." Well, no kidding. When considering any Dylan release...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Not one work of art, but several, and all by the same author, Dostoevsky. The Idiot and Poor Folk, Crime and Punishment, The Eternal...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Shakespeare's play King Lear, which I saw for the first time at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in 1968. It made me understand for the...
James McBride's excellent novel, Song Yet Sung, has been chosen for this year's One Maryland One Book program, which was developed to help spark constructive discussions of social issues across the...
