Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies) Jill Smokler (Gallery)
Reading this essay collection from Baltimore’s “Scary Mommy” blogger, I wasn’t sure whether to recommend it or submit...
Jen Michalski burns up the local lit scene with three new books.
Upstairs at Minás Gallery in Hampden, dozens of friends and well-wishers throng Jen Michalski after she reads an excerpt from “May/September”—the affecting, bittersweet story of a tentative younger...
We interview Laura Lippman about her new book (And When She Was Good), being a mother, and getting a good cup of coffee in New Orleans.
In what ways did being a mother affect your understanding and portrayal of Heloise?
I think, in some ways, I went on a similar journey -- starting as a woman (a stepmother) on the sidelines of soccer...
<p>A new erotic novel is sweeping up Baltimore Women</p>
Ah, the beauty of e-readers: The person sitting next to you could be scrolling through anything: a crime novel, a recipe book, or the latest in erotica fiction.
The latter is certainly the case with...
Editor's Note: Anne Tyler’s 19th novel is, not surprisingly, set in Baltimore, so its geography and overall feel will be familiar. But the book contains some surprises, including a quasi-...
125 years after the Enoch Pratt Free Library opened, the egalitarian mission of its founder remains.
In 1831, 22-year-old Enoch Pratt, a former Boston hardware store clerk, moved to Baltimore, launching a wholesale hardware business at 29 S. Charles Street. Proving a successful merchant, he expanded...
Towson author is the unassuming bestseller next door.
In March of 2009, when Mary Claire Helldorfer first learned that her book Kissed by an Angel had hit USA Today’s Top 150 Books, she was working as a 10th-grade English teacher at Friends School of...
The local author on Oprah, his bright future, and having faith, not fear.
Since writing his critically acclaimed book, The Other Wes Moore, about another young man from Baltimore who shares his name but a very different fate, it’s been a whirlwind of interviews, lectures,...
A husband and wife live their publishing dream from an Eastern Shore barn.
One drizzly day in the winter of 2006, while on lunch break, Robbi Behr and her husband Matthew Swanson took stock of their lives. On the surface, they had everything: on-the-move careers at a...
Stephen Hunter swaggers from print journalism to the best seller list and the silver screen.
I stand next to Baltimore writer Stephen Hunter at On Target, an indoor pistol range in the Severn Square Shopping Center. He casts a pitiful glance at my dust-covered, snub-nosed Smith & Wesson...
