Category: Around Pittsburgh

Category: Around Pittsburgh

A successful event and a meaningful conversation that is just beginning

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A successful event and a meaningful conversation that is just beginning

“I found myself enraptured at every moment, and it was incredible to see such a packed house for poetry. Thank you all for gathering these authors all together in one place for such an important conversation.” –Rachel Mennies Goodmanson, attendee “We reached a huge number of people with a really meaningful discussion, with our authors representing the very best of what their work, and the efforts of this Press, can do on a matter of the greatest public significance.  It is our natural role as publishers to bring the ideas of our authors to the widest possible audience; and as…

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Ross Gay wins the Prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

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Ross Gay wins the Prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

CONGRATULATIONS Ross Gay, author of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, has won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. The NBCC awards were presented Thursday evening in New York City. Gay is one of six acclaimed African American poets who will participate in a landmark event on Monday on the Pitt campus—“Poetry and Race in America: How the Humanities Engage with Social Issues.” The NBCC award is the latest in a whirlwind of honors for Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. Gay recently won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize, was a 2015 National Book Award finalist, and a 2015 finalist…

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A landmark event exploring race in America

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A landmark event exploring race in America

Poetry and Race in America How the Humanities Engage with Social Problems   Two Special Events in Pittsburgh Free and Open to the Public   Readings and Moderated Discussions Monday, March 21, 7-9 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium University of Pittsburgh, Oakland Campus Moderated by Terrance Hayes, Co-Director Center for African American Poetry and Poetics   Interactive Workshop Sunday, March 20, 5-6:30 p.m. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater Alloy Studios 5530 Penn Avenue Hosted by Janera Solomon, Executive Director Kelly-Strayhorn Theater     About the Events Two departments at the University of Pittsburgh will combine artistic forces for a landmark event, giving the…

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Pittsburgh Literary Events: September/October 2015

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Pittsburgh Literary Events: September/October 2015

If you are in Pittsburgh, don’t miss the chance to hear and meet these fabulous University of Pittsburgh Press and Pitt Poetry Series authors:   Toi Derricotte September 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Coffee Tree Roasters 5524 Walnut Street Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Pitt poet Toi Derricotte (The Undertaker’s Daughter) will be discussed by members of the Pitt Poetry Exchange on September 23 at the Coffee Tree Roasters in Shadyside. It’s free and open to the public; call 412-621-6880 for more info. Local poet Michael Wurster will lead the discussion.   Lynn Emanuel September 30th, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The University Store 4000…

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Catching up with Suzanne Martinson

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Catching up with Suzanne Martinson

Elsie Henderson, the 101-year-old subject of The Fallingwater Cookbook, often takes the spotlight, but we caught up recently with the author of the book, Suzanne Martinson. Suzanne, a longtime food writer for the P-G, now resides in Washington state. She recently visited Pittsburgh, staying with friends in her old neighborhood of Swan Acres in the North Hills, and was looking for a restaurant for crabcakes, to have lunch with Elsie and cookbook photographer Linda Mitzel. Suzanne’s two grandchildren keep her busy, but she still manages to write a column for the Columbia River Reader in Longview, WA, near her home…

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