Category: Maryland Center for the Book

Two pictures side-by-side: the book cover to "What Storm, What Thunder" by Myriam J.A. Chancy and Chancy herself. The book cover has quotes "Sublime" from Edwidge Danticat and "Stunning" from Margaret Atwood, as well as, "Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist." Chancy is a Black Hatian-Canadian-American who wears a printed white shirt, black sweater, and hair in a ponytail.
One Maryland One Book 2024: “What Storm, What Thunder”
Our Maryland Center for the Book Program Assistant delves into our 2024 Selection!
March 12, 2024
Image that says "2024 One Maryland One Book Top 10" with images of the covers of the following books: “Friday Black,” stories by Nana Kwame Adeji-Brenyah; “What Storm, What Thunder” by Myriam J.A. Chancy; “Behind You is The Sea,” a novel by Susan Muaddi Darraj; “’The Office of Historical Corrections,” a novella and stories by Danielle Evans; “How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures” by Sabrina Imbler; “How Beautiful We Were,” a novel by Imbolo Mbue; “How High We Go In the Dark,” a novel by Sequoia Nagamatsu; “Noor” by Nnedi Okorafor; “The World Doesn't Require You,” stories by Rion Amilcar Scott; and “The Immortal King Rao,” a novel by Vauhini Vara. For all the books here designated with a genre or type, the cover includes that genre.
Announcing the 2024 One Maryland One Book Top Ten
We announce our top ten contenders for One Maryland One Book 2024! This year's theme is "Restorative Futures."
January 16, 2024
2023 One Maryland One Book’ Final Selection is…
March 14, 2023
Image that says "2023 One Maryland One Book Top Three. Final Selection announced March 14." There are images of the book covers to the Top 3. They are "Infinite Country" by Patricia Engel, "There There" by Tommy Orange," and "Red at the Bone" by Jacqueline Woodson.
Top Three Titles for One Maryland One Book 2023
Eden Etzel, our Program Assistant for Maryland Center for the Book, delves into our top three contenders for One Maryland One Book 2023. This year's theme is Connection.
February 13, 2023
A professional headshot of Saima Sitwat, a Pakistani American woman. She has shoulder-length black hair and hazel eyes. She wears a green shirt with pink and yellow flowers on it. Her arms are crossed.
Documenting Immigrant Stories During a Pandemic
Saima Sitwat, author of "American Muslim: An Immigrant’s Journey," sits on our Board of Directors. She has curated a panel called “Becoming American” for CityLit Festival: Maryland Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities serves as one of the festival’s partners this year. The panel consists of Maryland women who’ve immigrated to America. We spoke to her about the event, her experience writing as an immigrant, and more.
February 22, 2022
A collage of three book covers: “Aftershocks: A Memoir” by Nadia Owusu; “What’s Mine and Yours: A Novel” by Naima Coster; and "Clap When You Land" by Elizabeth Acevedo.
Top Three Titles for One Maryland One Book 2022
Eden Etzel, our Program Assistant for Maryland Center for the Book, delves into our top three contenders for One Maryland One Book 2022. This year's theme is "New Beginnings."
February 3, 2022
A collage of the following ten books divided into two rows: “The Office of Historical Corrections” by Danielle Evans, “Clap When You Land” by Elizabeth Acevedo, “Dominicana” by Angie Cruz, “What’s Mine and Yours” by Naima Coster, “There There” by Tommy Orange, “Mary Jane” by Jessica Anya Blau, “All You Can Ever Know” by Nicole Chung, “Everywhere You Don’t Belong” by Gabriel Bump, “Afterlife” by Julia Alvarez, and “Aftershocks” by Nadia Owusu.
Top 10 Titles for One Maryland One Book 2022
We announce our top ten contenders for One Maryland One Book 2022! The theme this year is "New Beginnings."
January 7, 2022
Top Three Titles for One Maryland One Book 2021
We delve into our top three contenders for One Maryland One Book 2020. This year's theme is "Hope."
February 5, 2021
Top 10 Titles for One Maryland One Book 2021
We announce our top ten contenders for One Maryland One Book 2021! The theme this year is "Hope."
January 11, 2021
Reflections on Water
In 2019-2020, we explored the human relationship to water in multiple programs in 2019-2020: Maryland H2O tied together this array of programming, and some of our partners' programs. As the year comes to a close, Maryland H2O officially ends. Theresa Worden, Traveling Exhibitions and Program Evaluation at Maryland Humanities, led the initiative: she reflects on it here.
November 24, 2020