Collector & Curator
Ned curates a collection of beautiful, signed, and otherwise collectible tomes.
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Ned Sparrow
Ph.D.
Ned Sparrow is a collector of modernist literature and a book dealer whose 10,000 books are available online and in select locations.
As well as teaching, Sparrow has worked as a general contractor, a squash coach, and a singer songwriter. He has lived and taught all over Baltimore and Baltimore County. He has degrees in story and literature from Princeton, Hopkins (M.A.) and Princeton (Ph.D). Despite the pedigree, Ned is salt of the earth.
Professor, Writer, Editor
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Performer & Narrator
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Ned Sparrow
Writing & Performance
DESCRIPTION
Writing & Editing
Sparrow is an adept and efficient writer, editor, and narrator of audio-books. He offers the highest level of professional writing and editing services, including content for professional publications, books, website copy, ghost writing, fiction and non-fiction editing. Sparrow has written and edited material with topics ranging from business and medicine to philanthropy, education, and nutrition. His work has been featured in publications including Business Week, Chemical Week, and Fleet Owner, among other varied professional publications.
Sparrow has over twenty years of experience teaching writing, literature, and critical thinking, and offers comprehensive consulting on all levels and types of writing.
Narration & Performance
CV
Edward (Ned) Harrison Sparrow, Ph.D
Education
Princeton University, Ph.D. (Literature), A.B., cum laude (English and European Cultural Studies)
Johns Hopkins University, M.A. (Fiction Writing)
Teaching
MICA, Humanistic Studies Faculty (1996-Present)
Interests: American, British, Irish, and Continental Modernism between 1860-1950), environmental literature, the fin de siecle, Victorian novel, narrative illustration, and the artist's journal.
Publications and Recognition
Sullivan Prize for Scholarship, Ezra Pound
Princeton University Presidential Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University, Writing Fellowship
Hagiwara in the Context of His Translators and Western Literary Modernism, The Rat's Nest
The Advantages of Barbaraism: Conrad's Most Unsuitable Grounds for the Duel(s), L'Epoque Conradienne
Pound's Ideogrammic Legacy, Paideuma
Narrations
Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Super Immunity
Community
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Kids, Advisor, Volunteer (2010-Present)
Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, Advisory Council Board (2008-14)
Maryland Institute College of Art, Mixed Media Lecture Series Coordinator (1999-2000)
Academic Excellence Scholarship Committee, Co-Chair (1997-2003)
Baltimore Museum of Art, Volunteer, Fundraiser
Squash, US Squash Level II Certified Coach
Languages
French, Spanish, Italian
News
Station North Books is Baltimore’s Most Eccentric Book Shop
Owner Ned Sparrow takes a treasure-hunt approach to filling his tight shelves, which showcase an almost unimaginable range and depth of offerings.
By Amy Scattergood | Photography by Micah E. Wood | August 2023
Nineteen of Baltimore’s Best Bookshops
Visit any one of these neighborhood stores to find your next read.
By Ron Cassie | January 2022
Baltimore Magazine
12 Unique Bookstores You Need To Know In Baltimore
Owned and carefully curated by an English professor, Dr. Ned, Station North Books is a Baltimore bookstore that locals cherish. The book (and antiques) store is where you want to go for hard-to-find autographed copies or first editions of books. If you want the illustrated edition of your favorite book or one with pretty binding, Dr. Ned will find it for you.
DC Travel Magazine
December 2020: Station North Books in North Baltimore says "We're Open Baltimore!"
WMAR Baltimore