Experience Baltimore’s cultural music and murals in our walking tour through the stacks. The music is curated from the PGCC’s catalog, to include articles, videos, plays/musicals, and books/ebooks. Murals are photographs by Maria Wolfe, who spent around a year taking photos and documenting the locations and artists names before creating @BaltiMurals on Instagram. The PGCC […]
The Baltimore Memories and Murals Exhibit features: Lawrence Burney’s Memories -Celebrating the 2026 One Maryland One Book author of No Sense in Wishing: Essays. Walk in the stacks, slow down, observe, and reflect on themes from the book: music, Baltimore culture, fatherhood, belonging, and communities. He is also the author of True Laurels. And Iandry […]
Lawrence Burney — No Sense in Wishing: Essays – with Hanif Abdurraqib
Want to discuss “No Sense in Wishing” by Lawrence Burney at your book club? Here’s your chance. Each Book Club in a Bag kit contains 5 copies of “No Sense in Wishing” by Lawrence Burney, 5 bookmarks, a link to a Readers’ Guide and additional book-related activities, and links to information about author visits.
In his essay collection No Sense in Wishing, Lawrence Burney heavily features Bob Marley in the essay titled “Time Will Tell”. This chapter focuses on the ritual of passing down music to his daughter, using Marley’s songs as a foundation to connect and communicate with her.
We’re excited to officially kick off the 2026 One Maryland One Book (OMOB) programming season and author tour with a virtual event featuring Lawrence Burney, author of this year’s title No Sense in Wishing. Burney will be in discussion with Maryland Humanities about what inspired him to write the book, the role of cultural criticism, and what he […]
This month, join us for lively conversation of the 2026 One Maryland One Book selection, No Sense in Wishing: Essays on Black Music, Belonging, and Baltimore by Lawrence Burney. One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities and the Maryland Center for the Book, sponsored by The Institute of Museum and Library Services […]
Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “No Sense in Wishing”, by Lawrence Burney. Free copies of the 2026 OMOB selection will be available at all HCPL locations while supplies last. Please call your favorite branch to check on book availability. One Maryland One Book is a program of Maryland Humanities. […]
Join us for an evening of Books and Wine with our One Maryland One Book 2026 selection. Stop by the Snow Hill Library to pick up your book, then meet for a great discussion at Tides & Vine. Must be 21
“No Sense in Wishing” by Lawrence Burney, our One Maryland One Book 2026 selection. Stop by the Snow Hill Library or the 50plus Center to pick up your copy. Discussion at Snow Hill 50plus Center.
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Woodlawn Senior Center Book Club