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The literature of Maryland, United States, includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors include John Barth, H. L. Mencken, and Edgar Allan Poe. [1] [2]
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A printing press began operating in St. Mary's City, Maryland, in 1685. [3] Colonial-era writers included George Alsop (Character of the Province of Maryland, 1666); Ebenezer Cooke (Sot-Weed Factor, 1708). [4]
Literary figures of the antebellum period included John Pendleton Kennedy (Swallow Barn, 1832); Edward Coote Pinkney (1802-1828). [5] And most notably, Edgar Allan Poe of Baltimore, whom John Pendelton Kennedy supported financially for years.
The Maryland General Assembly created the position of Poet Laureate of Maryland in 1959. [6] The Baltimore Book Festival began around 1996.[ citation needed]