CityLit Project

Between WRITERS and READERS there's CITYLIT. Building Baltimore's literary community since 2004.

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@seminewblack @naacpimageaward WELL DONE, Poet!!!

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@pswordwoman THIS right here - some of my very favorite poets!! What a glorious pic! ✨✨💜

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@asgharthegrouch Take a bow, Fati!! THRILLED for you✨✨👊🏾✨

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@NifMuhammad Baltimore Love! Thank you, @NifMuhammad and @JasonReynolds83 for being a joyful part of our 20th CityLit Festival, for engaging our youth, and from dropping gems in The Writer’s Room! ✨👊🏾✨

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@formerlyCNF Very sadden by this news. CNF was well regarded for it to come to this. Any instructor in the Baltimore region should reach out.

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Tis the season for cocktails + holiday cheer ! Join the CityLit family next Tuesday, December 20th @motorhousebalt for our Holiday Happy Hour!

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Tis the season for cocktails + holiday cheer ! Join the CityLit family next Tuesday, December 20th @motorhousebalt for our Holiday Happy Hour!

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ON NOW: @OnTheRecordWYPR talks with two book connoisseurs: A Baltimore County librarian recommends new titles for kids of all ages, from graphic novels to poetry, and Carla Du Pree of @CityLitProject shares ideas in nonfiction, short stories and self-help. https://t.co/fKLL2KgBdi

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Congrats to @KieseLaymon for being named a 2022 @macfound Fellow! Well deserved honor for one of the most insightful and daring writers doing it today.

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@KieseLaymon @macfound Kiese took part in our CityLit Festival earlier this year, with an intimate craft & lit seminar titled "Keeping it Inside the House".

We're releasing here now, for the first time. Experience what makes someone a genius!
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Congrats to @KieseLaymon for being named a 2022 @macfound Fellow! Well deserved honor for one of the most insightful and daring writers doing it today.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

This year’s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners include an author of a banned book and a trash-obsessed scientist. See the full list. https://t.co/zzoapUZgUS

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TONIGHT we kick off our Final Week with an event built to feel like a soothing hug. Come to Motor House from 7-9pm to see @thisepiclife, @christineaplatt, and Life I Swear’s Chloe Dulce Louvouezo in a conversation moderated by Baltimore’s Godmother Alanah Nichole Davis.

[Arao AMENY @araoameny]

If you're in Washington DC, Maryland, or Virginia, join us @busboysandpoets on April 1 for @CityLitProject's CityLit Festival. Honored to read alongside @Iam_likewater @PoetJasmineMans @burgi323 @marjanxpoetry @DoraMalech, Bobbi Rush & Truth Thomas. Link⇢ https://t.co/E2ufYVCJyI

[DaMaris B. Hill, PhD @damarishill]

CLF22 Master Class: ⁦@KieseLaymon⁩ subsidizes and sponsored by ⁦@CityLitProject⁩ #$10 https://t.co/VbNDX4hm4o

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Check out @KieseLaymon on @MiddayWYPR!

His masterclass with us is TOMORROW 3/15 from 7-8pm on Zoom.

Go register at https://t.co/0LNJqn7AlT

[Midday with Tom Hall @MiddayWYPR]

ICYMI: MIDDAY ON THE ARTS: Writer @KieseLaymon author of LONG DIVISION (@simonschuster), joins @tomhallwypr to discuss his 3/15 MasterClass: KEEPING IT IN THE HOUSE, part of this year's @CityLitProject Festival (now thru 4/1). 📩[email protected]. LISTEN: https://t.co/jbxXg5t3vQ

[Midday with Tom Hall @MiddayWYPR]

ICYMI: MIDDAY ON THE ARTS: Writer @KieseLaymon author of LONG DIVISION (@simonschuster), joins @tomhallwypr to discuss his 3/15 MasterClass: KEEPING IT IN THE HOUSE, part of this year's @CityLitProject Festival (now thru 4/1). 📩[email protected]. LISTEN: https://t.co/jbxXg5t3vQ

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A MASTERCLASS WITH A MASTER OF MEMOIRS- KIESE LAYMON👏🏽👏🏽

TOMORROW, March 15, 2022, 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Registration is required using this link: https://t.co/ashkxqgDwq.

Priced at 10$, but pay what you can to help CityLit Project bring more events like this!

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Slots are going quick, but we still have a few open!

These writers are aching to read and chat about your work!

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As part of CityLit festival, writers are invited to submit short works for a 30-minute review & critique from a published author and editor!

Sessions will be held morning of March 12th. Spots are limited! Link in next tweet.

[DaMaris B. Hill, PhD @damarishill]

Saturday with #BlackGirl #Writers that are #BoneBlack #Baltimore ⁦@CityLitProject⁩ 3/12 #WHM https://t.co/OjKisfx4R5

[Maryland Humanities @MDhumanities]

For her #CityLitFest2022 panel, @SaimaSitwat says she wanted to "select participants who can share their stories honestly, with all the joy, sorrow and rawness of it.”

Read on: https://t.co/LGfTZIu3VO