Literature

The woman at the center of Laura Lippman's newest novel is a confident entrepeneur, a conscientious taxpayer, a suburban matron with no close friends, and a devoted soccer mom. She's got a past she doesn't want anyone to know about ... and pretty soon we learn she's got to invent a new future for herself - and the transition will be risky. 

This conversation originally aired January 10, 2012.

For hundreds of years, writers used pen and ink to put their thoughts to paper. By the late 1800s, they had a new tool: the typewriter...which was replaced by the end of the last century by the word processor.

This conversation first aired August 10, 2011.

Ann Hall Marshall has had a busy life in Emmitsburg raising ten children and building a career as supervisor of Adult Education in Frederick County.  Along the way she’s done quite a bit of writing–press releases, education manuals, and a newspaper column. For years, the idea of a novel was also simmering in the background.

The General Assembly has less than two weeks to pass a budget bill. There are a few new tax plans out there; one would raise tax rates on just about everyone, with an extra bump for those making over $500,000. Another would just roll back some exemptions and deductions for those making over $100,000. Sheilah gets a conservative and a liberal take on the discussions from two budget analysts.

Breaking down the upcoming session with our go-to political reporters.

From the Wang to the Apple 2, how word processing shapes what we write and how we write it.

A good gumbo has a little bit of everything — and that’s what you can find at the arts festival called Generous Company’s Gumbo, in Baltimore this weekend. Tom Hall talks with some of the artists involved.

Taking a look at the proposed expansion of the work week for Frederick County employees.

Laura Lippman on her latest novel, “The Most Dangerous Thing.”

“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” is Maryland Humanities Council’s pick for One Maryland, One Book. Tom Hall talks to the author in advance of his appearance Saturday at the Baltimore Book Festival.