Literary Heritage in Baltimore
This tour is produced in partnership with CityLit, the Maryland Humanities Council, Maryland State Arts Council, and the University of Baltimore.
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Karl Shapiro at the Enoch Pratt Free Librarylocation_fillPulitzer Prize-winning poet Karl Shapiro was a true Baltimorean. As a young man in the 1920s and 1930s, Shapir…
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John Dos Passos at the Peabody Librarylocation_fillHeralded as "the greatest writer of our time" by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, John Dos Passos spent time in a… -
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Gertrude Stein on East Biddle Streetlocation_fillA novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist, Gertrude Stein is remembered as a literary innovator who fearlessl… -
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Carl Sandburg at the Old St. Paul's Rectorylocation_fillIn 1934, Carl Sandburg wrote to Sally Bruce Kinsolving, "The years go by and I don't forget ever the long even… -
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F. Scott Fitzgerald at 1307 Park Avenuelocation_fillIn August 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald moved with his family to 1307 Park Avenue. Fitzgerald had been forced out … -
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Ottmar Mergenthaler at 159 West Lanvale Streetlocation_fillOttmar Mergenthaler was only 18 years old when he immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1872 to work… -
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Edgar Allan Poe Statuelocation_fillThe Edgar Allan Poe statue sitting in the Gordon Plaza at University of Baltimore has a colorful past. The sta… -
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Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Trust Company Buildinglocation_fillDashiell Hammett found inspiration for his great detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man"… -
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Edna St. Vincent Millay at Emmanuel Episcopal Churchlocation_fillPast the brick rowhomes that have come to define Baltimore, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, established in 1854, si… -
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H.L. Mencken and Sarah Haardt on Cathedral Streetlocation_fillMencken lived in an apartment at 704 Cathedral Street for five years with his wife, nee Sara Haardt. The third… -
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Ogden Nash at 4300 Rugby Roadlocation_fillAfter a brief stint in New York, Ogden Nash returned to Baltimore in 1934 and wrote: "I could have loved New Y… -
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John H.B. Latrobe Houselocation_fillThe John H.B. Latrobe House is the only surviving site associated with the "Saturday Morning Visiter" writing …
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