Maryland Humanities Council Announces One Maryland, One Book

Maryland Humanities Council Announces Choice for One Maryland, One Book for 2009:

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"MHC is delighted to announce that Song Yet Sung, a novel by James McBride, is the 2009 one Maryland One Book selection. Set on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the 1850s, Song Yet Sung weaves an intricate and gripping tale of escaped slaves, free blacks, and slave-catchers. McBride is an award-winning author, composer, and screenwriter, and the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir The Color of Water. We invite you to plan a discussion with your book group or organization. You can also join us at one of our programs across the state in September or October. Check our online calendar this summer to find a program near you, and visit the One Maryland One Book website for more news and updates!"

One Maryland/One Book Project - HCP Will Participate - Here's How

The Maryland Center for the Book is launching Maryland’s first-ever statewide community reading program. Various community organizations will partner with the Center for the Book and offer free programs in August, September or October 2008 related to the book A Hope in the Unseen: an American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind, its themes and topics.

The goal for the One Maryland/One Book Project is to bring diverse Marylanders together in a library, school, or community setting to generate conversations and share different perspectives on race by reading and discussing a common work of literature.

Harford County Public Library is partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County to bring a book-centered discussion to two of their locations – the Bel Air Unit and the Havre de Grace Unit. This will be followed up by a One Maryland/One Book Blog, where the teens can further their discussions, their readings and perhaps communicate with the author or Cedric Jennings.

HCPL will also sponsor a facilitated discussion open to the public at the Jarrettsville Branch on Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 pm. A staff member will be taking a course this summer to be trained as a professional facilitator to conduct these sessions.

On Saturday, June 14, at 11:00 am, The Maryland Center for the Book will launch One Maryland/One Book at the Enoch Pratt Central Library. Katie O’Malley, First Lady of Maryland Honorary Chairperson for the One Maryland/One Book Project, will host the celebration, and the subject of the book, Cedric Jennings, will be present as well.