Jan.
21
2023
BookNotes Review January 2023
Seasonal Work Laura Lippman One: Simple One-pan Wonders Jamie Oliver MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Ilyon Woo A Message From Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Judith Krummeck
Jan.
07
2023
BookNotes honors MLK Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, GA, and in 2023, we mark MLK Day on Monday, January 16. To talk about the legacy of his words, the guest on BookNotes this month is Marilyn Nelson, award-winning poet and author or translator of more than 20 books […]
Dec.
17
2022
December BookNotes Review
The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe Kevin Gutzman The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty Sarah Gristwood Stella Maris Cormac McCarthy A Book of Days Patti Smith
Dec.
04
2022
Christmas with Choral Arts 2022
The annual tradition of Christmas with Choral Arts returns—the same but different! I spoke with Music Director and Conductor, Anthony Blake Clark.
Dec.
03
2022
BookNotes features a winning poetry collection
Anthony Moll is the winner of the 2022 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from the Washington Writers’ Publishing House for You Cannot Save Here. I spoke to them about this collection of poems exploring how we live when each day feels as if the world is ending.
Dec.
01
2022
Pianist, Daniil Trifanov for Shriver Hall
“Without question the most astounding pianist of our age” —The Times, London The Russian-born pianist, Daniil Trifonov, who now makes his home in New York City, returns to Shriver Hall for a massive program of Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Mozart, Ravel, and Scriabin. Catherine Cochran, Executive Director of Shriver Hall Concert Series, came in to talk […]
Nov.
19
2022
BookNotes Review November 2022
Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth John Coleman Darnell & Colleen Manassa Darnell The Queen: Her Life Andrew Morton The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama We Are the Light Matthew Quick Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Matthew Perry
Nov.
05
2022
A cautionary tale for democracy on BookNotes
The French Revolution is celebrated as a founding moment of modern representative government. But in her book Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals Laura Mason, a teaching professor in history at Johns Hopkins University, explains how an elected government’s assault on popular democracy and social justice destroyed the republic, and […]
Nov.
02
2022
Bass-baritone Davóne Tines’ Baltimore debut at Shriver Concerts
Devóne Tines originated the leading role in the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, and The New Yorker claims that “Davóne Tines is changing what it means to be a classical singer.” Now, he is making his Baltimore debut on the Shriver Hall Concert Series. […]
Oct.
22
2022
BookNotes Review October 2022
DEMON COPPERHEAD BARBARA KINGSOLVER LIBERATION DAY GEORGE SAUNDERS OUR MISSING HEARTS CELESTE NG THE PASSENGER CORMAC McCARTHY THE LAST CHAIR JOHN IRVING AND THERE WAS LIGHT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE JON MEACHAM THE REVOLUTIONARY SAMUEL ADAMS STACY SCHIFF MADLY, DEEPLY THE DIARIES OF ALAN RICKMAN THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN, A […]
