Baltimore Free School Lit & Language Tent
New this year! Join the latest project in the Red Emma's constellation for a weekend of skill-shares, workshops, and presentations around language and literature, the printed and spoken word. Plus find out more about how to take and teach classes at the Baltimore Free School....
Saturday September 24th
Noon: I want to get published---where do I begin?
Workshop by authors Maria Murnane and Kyra E. Hicks2PM: Post Typography
Maria and Kyra, fiction and non-fiction authors, will save you time, money and frustration by explaining the differences between traditional and self-publishing. You'll come away with a step-by-step guide for each based on their experiences with both processes. Maria and Kyra will also cover the pros and cons of each route to help you weigh them against your goals as an author.
An introduction to lettering and typography with Bruce Willen of Post Typography, one of Baltimore most prominent graphic design firms, daytime alter-ego of beloved Baltimore band Double Dagger, and co-author of Lettering and Type, which he'll be signing after the talk.3PM: Bound Together!
A hands-on workshop with students from MICA's Book Arts program. Learn the fine art of Japanese stab binding and create your own blank book, or bring along your own project to bind!4PM: Opinions . . . everybody's got one: Writing about what you love, what you hate, and the everything else that makes up the majority of life.
Former CityPaper Arts Editor Bret McCabe moderates an interactive panel of local critics and journalists discussing what it's like to critique, report, and otherwise wrestle with writing about the arts, culture, and current events in this era everybody's a critic, dogmatic shouting and anonymous commenting counts as debate, and consuming media means often means separating the substantive wheat from the shrill noise chaff.
Sunday September 25th
Noon: Autonomy Through Literacy: How to Help Young People Find Joy in Reading
Our television-infused culture has cut a lot of young folks off from the world of books, but, as adults, if we are easily frustrated by reading, we have a harder time accomplishing all we want to accomplish. This workshop—facilitated by Baltimore City public school teachers—is aimed at parents and teachers of children and teens, and discusses current research and techniques for encouraging reading in the home and in the classroom, as well as strategies for assisting struggling readers, and an open discussion of books appropriate for encouraging readers of all ages.1PM: Urban Theory for Kids!
Art activist Becky Slogeris presents the "Baltimore Textbook," a new book that teaches middle school readers how to read their city.3PM: The Art of Debate
Facilitated by former and current members of the Baltimore Urban Debate League, and coordinated by Towson-based radical policy activist group Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, this two-hour session gives everyone the opportunity to learn the fine art of constructing (and winning) an argument.