Big Books Issue
Frank Klein
Open Books
Eight bookish Baltimoreans talk about what they read
Published: September 28, 2011
We asked several local book-lovers to talk to us about their reading habits and their personal relationships with particular books. These were among the most enjoyable interviews we’ve conducted. Talk to people about books, it turns out, and stories naturally emerge.
Freeman Hrabowski III
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Justin Sirois
Writer, Narrow House Press founder and editor
Diane Scharper
Towson University literature professor, book critic
Michelle Antoinette Nelson aka LOVE the Poet
Poet, spoken-word artist
Rafael Alvarez
Writer
W. Paul Coates
Black Classic Press
Megan Hamilton
Program director, Creative Alliance at the Patterson
Carla Hayden
Executive director, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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