The Baltimore Book Festival 32nd Street Stage, presented in partnership with Red Emma’s, features celebrated authors such as adrienne maree brown and Alexis Pauline Gumbs alongside distinguished local creatives like author D. Watkins and Persia Nicole from 92Q/Fox 45. At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Charm City Books presents Hilton Carter discussing The Propagation Handbook, and at 4:00 p.m., in partnership with The Baltimore Beat, Lisa Snowden, Deyane Moses, Bilphena Yahwon, and Bry Reed talk about Preserving History & How the Black Press Safeguards the Past. The stage closes on Saturday with a conversation between bestselling writer adrienne maree brown and Ashindi Maxton, Co-Director of the Donors of Color Network. At noon on Sunday, Alexis Pauline Gumbs & Danielle Evans have a conversation about Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde followed by Mike Africa, Jr. & D. Watkins discussing On a Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice at 1:00 p.m.

On the 31st Street Stage on Saturday, CityLit Project features Roxana Robinson (Leaving) discussing late loving in the winter years with WYPR’s The Weekly Reader Marion Winik and founder of Well-Read Black Girl’s Glory Edim announcing her forthcoming work Gather Me with Leslie Gray Streeter (recently named Best Columnist by Baltimore magazine). In partnership with The Clifton House, poet/scholar Kazim Ali shares his new work Black Buffalo Woman about Maryland’s former Poet Laureate Lucille Clifton.