Episodes

To the extent America emerged from the written word, those words were written in Philadelphia, as both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution came to life in the City of Brotherly Love. Nathaniel Popkin, Alexander Ames, Taylor Townes, Alison Lewis, Alexander Schneider, Christina Rosso-Schneider and Asali Solomon lead a Lit Trip through sites overflowing with history and those brimming with the energy of creation.

Lit Trip pays a visit to Baltimore, home to among most consequential figures in American literature, from Frederick Douglass and Edgar Allan Poe to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein. Notable authors and leaders – Madison Smartt Bell, Shauntee Daniels, Marion Winik, Enrica Jang, Emma Snyder and D. Watkins – who have strengthened Baltimore’s literary legacy, help guide listeners on a tour through a city that continues to celebrate the written word.