{"id":29053,"date":"2022-10-09T22:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T02:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=29053"},"modified":"2022-10-09T22:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T02:46:35","slug":"join-serby-gray-randee-dawn-alan-smale-and-amy-l-bernstein-at-charm-city-spec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2022\/10\/09\/join-serby-gray-randee-dawn-alan-smale-and-amy-l-bernstein-at-charm-city-spec\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Serby Gray, Randee Dawn, Alan Smale, and Amy L. Bernstein at Charm City Spec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 21, 2022, I headed over to The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore for another installment of Charm City Spec. And while that night&#8217;s four writers read selections from their novels, I was in the front row recording as much as my battery power and speed with pressing the start button allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Here I am holding up my Flip camera, captured while Alan Smale was at the mic &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CharmCitySpecRecording.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And because of that, though you weren&#8217;t there, now you can be. Check out the four performances below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Serby Gray<\/strong><br \/>\n reading from her novel <em>Ashes of Regret<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJwHr7MXbc8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Randee Dawn<\/strong><br \/>\nreading from her novel <em>Tune In Tomorrow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fLYiiNmS--c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Alan Smale<\/strong><br \/>\nreading from his novel <em>Hot Moon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SI4hBZc-RUE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Amy L.Bernstein<\/strong><br \/>\nreading from her novel <em>The Potrero Complex<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SX8f3c9x1zw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to catch one of these events in person, another Charm City Spec is coming up on November 16, this time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdinhandcafe.com\">Bird in Hand Cafe &#038; Bookshop<\/a>. For more information, follow Charm City Spec on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharmCitySpec\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CharmCitySpec\">Facebook<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charmcityspec\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 21, 2022, I headed over to The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore for another installment of Charm City Spec. And while that night&#8217;s four writers read selections from their novels, I was in the front row recording as much as my battery power and speed with pressing the start button allowed. 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