Every city has its own sound, its own cacophony that evolves into a soundtrack&;the way that the sound of honking horns ricochets off buildings; the certain bell ringing of its trains; the certain swoosh of its buses&; exhaust pipes and the squeak if its buses&; doors; the sirens; the jackhammers and bulldozers and airplanes. The Baltimore Anthology aims to capture the rhythms of the City That Reads in essays, photographs, and poems written by the people who call Baltimore home.