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Lawrence Jackson grew up in West Baltimore … and after decades teaching at universities elsewhere, arrived back in the city as a “distinguished professor” at Johns Hopkins. Shelter, his new collection of multi-layered essays, traces history, geography and relationships in Baltimore.
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Twelve mysteries packed into one book, with the surprises and suspense that have won Laura Lippman publishing awards for twenty-five years. Most focus on kids, marriages and families in Baltimore. We ask her how--and why--she crams so much in.
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Baltimore Banner investigative reporter Justin Fenton talks about his book, “We Own This City." It dissects the web of corruption by police officers on the Gun Trace Task Force, and how their brazen crimes went unchecked for years. A limited series of the same name premieres on HBO on April 25, 2022.
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'Seasonal Work' is twelve mysteries packed into one book, with the surprises and suspense that have won Laura Lippman publishing awards for twenty-five years. Most focus on kids, marriages and families in Baltimore. We ask her how--and why--she crams so much in.
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We go On the Record with Dr. Lisa Cooper of Johns Hopkins to reply to the title of her book, "Why Are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?" After decades researching racial inequities, Cooper now takes her ideas to a key White House panel.
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R. Eric Thomas was a Black student at a mostly white private school; he was gay in a Baptist family. His memoir, Here For It, describes how he survived, loved and thrived.
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In Rosalia Scalia's new book of short stories, Stumbling Toward Grace, she takes us to corners of Baltimore and into families whose vivid characters break our hearts — and warm them, at the same time.
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35-year-old Alex is coping with unresolved issues from the lover who just left her--not to mention the one from 17 years ago in high school — when she learns her offbeat mother has died. And that’s just the start of Jen Michalski’s new novel—which, in fact, is pretty funny.
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We go On the Record with Mikita Brottman. Her latest book is about a man who killed his abusive parents, and because of mental illness was sent to Maryland’s forensic psychiatric hospital. He insists he’s now well; his doctors say he’s not, and won’t release him.
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Baltimore native and pop-culture aficionado R. Eric Thomas turns his humorous gaze on his struggles growing up Christian and gay and standing out as a Black student among white peers.