Books and Charm City Current

For those of you who haven't visited Charm City Current yet, we've got a couple of recent entries that should interest you book lovers.

First of all, please go over and welcome Celeste Sollod, author of Baltimore Books. So far, she's covered One Maryland, One Book, both the National and Baltimore Book festivals and the Enoch Pratt Free Library's ever-changing children's programs.

As a former New York City publicist, she's got a great perspective on books and literary culture, and I look forward to hearing more from her.

And photography blogger Danielle Scruggs will have her work presented at Busboys and Poets tonight in a show called "Hard Times Require Furious Dancing." The show's title and art are inspired by Alice Walker's latest release, a book of poetry.

Each piece in the show was based on a poem from Walker's book, and if they're all as impressive as Scruggs' work, it's going to be a great show. The reception will be held from 6-8 p.m., but the show will be on display till Jan. 9 for those of you who can't make it out to D.C. tonight.