Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

Four women writers discuss the intersection of place, time and culture in literature and in the lives of women. The conversation will be moderated by Linda A. Duggins of Hachette Book Group.

Misty Copeland (Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina), the first African-American soloist in the last two decades at the American Ballet Theatre, has written a memoir about her inspiring journey to become a professional dancer.

Deborah Johnson (The Secret of Magic) writes about the postwar American South, its people, both black and white, at a time of wrenching yet hopeful change. She is the author of an earlier novel, The Air Between Us.

Sujata Massey (The Sleeping Dictionary) won Agatha and Macavity awards for her Rei Shimura mystery series. Her new book is the first in a series of historical suspense novels featuring Bengali women and the independence movement in India.

Lauren Francis-Sharma ('Til the Well Runs Dry) tells the story of a young Trinidadian woman, her two sons, the young policeman who loves her -- and the family secret she's guarding.

The Ivy Bookshop will have copies of the authors' books for sale at a reception and book signing following the program.

Presented in partnership with the Antigua & Barbuda International Literary Festival and the Baltimore Times.

Recorded On: Saturday, March 8, 2014

Activities include looking at poems by professional poets which could stand to lose some lines, changing a word or two, and then applying the same principle to a poem of your own.

Presented by Clarinda Harriss, Professor Emerita of English at Towson University.

Recorded On: Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Marisela Gomez talks about her book, Race, Class, Power, and Organizing in East Baltimore, in which she examines the historical and current practices of rebuilding abandoned and disinvested communities in America. Copies of the book will be for sale at a book signing following the program.

Recorded On: Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Activities discussed during this poetry event include reading and discussing examples of ekphrastic poems (poems about other works of art).

Presented by Clarinda Harriss, Professor Emerita of English at Towson University.

Recorded On: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Activities discussed during this poetry event include picturing an actual family photo in your mind.

Presented by Clarinda Harriss, Professor Emerita of English at Towson University.

Recorded On: Wednesday, February 12, 2014