“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” ~ Descartes 

Last week’s blog about author F. Scott Fitzgerald triggered one of my regular blog readers to e-mail me and ask whether “I was familiar with The Baltimore Literary Heritage Project?” I was not. It did stir my curiosity, however. 

There is a wealth of authors that have come from the Baltimore area, and an interesting project is being organized by the Baltimore Literacy Heritage Project. Imagine going on a self-guided tour to visit the homes and locations where some of the most significant novels in America’s history have been penned? 

The tour, guided by a CD, gives insight into the writer’s life, their genre of writing and their publications. Authors highlighted by this on-going literacy program may include: 

• Upton Sinclair
• F.Scott Fitzgerald
• H.L. Mencken
• Edgar Allen Poe
• Frederick Douglass
• Edith Hamilton
• Emily Post
• Leon Uris
• John Waters
• Billie Holiday 

The University of Baltimore, School of Communications Design, is sponsoring this endeavor. The school, a part of the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts, offers five unique interdisciplinary majors in writing.

• B.A. English
• B.S. Corporate Communication
• M.A. Publications Design
• MFA Creative Writing & Publishing Arts
• MFA Integrated Design

To read more about this ambitious and educational project, and to learn about other writers who called Baltimore their home, please visit this link. http://bit.ly/SgsRid. 

Although many of these authors are long gone, they will never be forgotten, thanks to this very fulfilling literacy project.

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