Category: Events

Category: Events

UPP at AWP Kansas City

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UPP at AWP Kansas City

This post has everything you need to know to connect with UPP at AWP Kansas City, from booth signings to off-site events. The University of Pittsburgh Press will be at booth #1534/1536. Off-Site Events Thursday, February 8 What: Pitt Poetry Series Reading with Autumn House Press, Four Way Books, and Burrow Press When: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Where: Torn Label Brewing Featuring: Erin Adair-Hodges, John Paul Davis, Marsha de la O, Ryler Dustin, Lynn Emanuel, Corey Marks, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Kelly Sather, Tana Jean Welch Saturday, February 10 What: To Say Is To See: Four Years of AWP Donald Hall Prize Poets…

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UPP at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

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UPP at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

The second annual Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books takes place on Saturday, May 13 at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary! The Festival is free to attend, and books will be available for purchase at the University of Pittsburgh Press table. Schedule of Events: 10–11 am: Ross Gay (Chapel Auditorium) 10 am: Lynn Emanuel (Poetry Tent) 12:45 pm: Nancy Krygowski (Poetry Tent) 1–2 pm: Marylynne Pitz (Long Hall, Room 204) 1:45 pm: Jan Beatty (Poetry Tent) 2:45–3:45 pm: Kathleen George (Long Hall, Room 210) The full schedule of events can be found on the Festival website.

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UPP at AWP Seattle

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UPP at AWP Seattle

AWP takes place in Seattle from March 8–11, and we would love for you to stop by our booth, our happy hour, one (or more!) of our author signings, and our author panels! If you’re not able to make it all the way to Seattle, you can peruse our online “exhibit booth” and get copies of our discounted titles shipped straight to your home. Conference Events Find us at booth #301/303 during exhibit hall hours for discounted poetry and short fiction titles, author signings (schedule below), or just for a chat! After hours, swing by the Seattle Beer Co. on Friday…

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University of Pittsburgh Press at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

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University of Pittsburgh Press at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books

The University of Pittsburgh Press is proud to be taking part in the first ever Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books on Saturday, May 14! The first ever GPFB is an all day, free event, spread across six venues in East Liberty, paying tribute to Pittsburgh’s rich literary community and love of reading. Featuring over thirty nationally renowned authors with ties to Pittsburgh, dozens of amazing poets, kids story times and activities, entertainment, books and comic stores, publishers, and more—it will be a true celebration. A number of Press authors will be giving readings and signing books, and we will also…

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Q&A with <i>American Dinosaur Abroad</i> author Ilja Nieuwland

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Q&A with American Dinosaur Abroad author Ilja Nieuwland

Ilja Nieuwland is the author of American Dinosaur Abroad: A Cultural History of Carnegie’s Plaster Diplodocus. He is a historian of science–in particular paleontology–attached to the Huygens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam. American Dinosaur Abroad covers the discovery in 1899 of the Diplodocus carnegii—or Dippy, as it’s known today—by a team of paleontologists sponsored by Andrew Carnegie. Then the longest and largest dinosaur on record, the Diplodocus skeleton was replicated into plaster casts that were gifted to different nations by Carnegie in the years leading up to World War I. In this largely untold history, Nieuwland…

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