Poetry and readings in Baltimore

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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  2 PM

  Leslie Gray Streeter: "Beignets and Big Feelings"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Monday, October 19, 2026

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  7 PM

  April Ryan: "Notes on a Blacklash"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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  7 PM

  Marcia Chatelain: "How Bright the Path Grows"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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  4 PM

  Alliah Agostini: "The Ten Tins"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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  7 PM

  Natasha Lennard presents "On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times" with Sophie Lewis

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

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  7 PM

  D.L. Hughley: "Charlie’s Boy"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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  7 PM

  Matt Birkhold presents "Black Power Praxis" with Amaka Okechukwu

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Friday, October 23, 2026

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  2 PM

  Angela DiTerlizzi: "A Very Scary Book"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Saturday, October 24, 2026

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  7 PM

  Mike Fabricant presents "The Struggle for Public Goods in the Shadow of Fascism: Hope at Dusk"

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Monday, October 26, 2026

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  4 PM

  Carole Boston Weatherford: "Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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  4 PM

  Dhonielle Clayton: "The Paragon Games"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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  7 PM

  M. K. Thekkumkattil presents "The Sexuality of Care"

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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  7 PM

  Riley Black: "Tyrant Lizard Queen"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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  7 PM

  Jim Emison presents "Murder on the Hatchie" with India Artis

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

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  4 PM

  Emily Rosenthal: "Leroy Has Something to Say"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Monday, November 2, 2026

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  7 PM

  Christopher Freeburg: "Soul"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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  7 PM

  Paris Marx presents "Hyperscale"

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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  7 PM

  andre carrington presents "Audiofuturism"

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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  7 PM

  Timothy Tyson and Mary Williams: "Mahalia Jackson, Moving on Up a Little Higher"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Saturday, November 7, 2026

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  6 PM

  Red Emma's Mother Earth Poetry Vibe featuring FreeQuency

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

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  4 PM

  Paula Chase: "Off Balance"

  Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Library) · Mount Vernon

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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

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  7 PM

  Alice Miranda Ollstein presents "Side Effects" with Jaisal Noor

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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Thursday, November 12, 2026

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  7 PM

  Shawn Gude presents "American Socialist" with Lester Spence

  Red Emma's · Mount Vernon

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