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Hemingway’s Café serves poetry in the summer, including Pitt Press poets

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Hemingway’s Café serves poetry in the summer, including Pitt Press poets

Hemingway’s Café at 3911 Forbes Ave. in Oakland, in the heart of Pitt’s main campus, hosts a Summer Poetry Series. Founded by area poet Jimmy Cvetic in the 1970s, Pittsburgh Magazine dubbed it “a grand tradition of Pittsburgh literary culture.” The series brings together local and nationally known authors every Tuesday night at 8 p.m., from May through July. The events are free, and there is an open mic after the featured readers. Cvetic hosts the readings and poet Joan Bauer curates. On July 7, Ed Ochester, editor of the Pitt Poetry Series, is among the readers. Ochester also edited…

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Author Forum: J. Allyn Rosser

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Author Forum: J. Allyn Rosser

Our poet J. Allyn Rosser, author of Mimi’s Trapeze, muses about the rarity of seeing someone “unwired” on the Ohio University campus where she teaches, or so it seemed. . . Gazebo Gazer A month ago I was walking across campus. It was an almost-spring morning in Ohio, crocuses just up, squirrels unkinking themselves, and the birds making slightly more enthusiastic noises than one hears in January or February. The air smelled clean. The sun was visible in the sky, but pacing itself, rationing its rays – you could almost number them – supplying the faintest suggestion of warmth. I…

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New Book: Between Europe and Asia

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New Book: Between Europe and Asia

Between Europe and Asia The Origins, Theories, and Legacies of Russian Eurasianism Edited by Mark Bassin, Sergey Glebov, and Marlene Laruelle RUSSIAN HISTORY “A superb collection and brilliant achievement. Each chapter builds on previous ones to provide an original and path-breaking study of the very complex movement that we call ‘Eurasianism.’ Undoubtedly a landmark publishing event in the field.” —Richard Sakwa, University of Kent   This book analyzes the origins and development of Eurasianism, an intellectual movement that proclaimed the existence of Eurasia, a separate civilization coinciding with the former Russian Empire. The essays explore the historical roots, the heyday…

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Poetry and Fried Apple Pies

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Poetry and Fried Apple Pies

University of Pittsburgh Press is celebrating summertime with our annual Summer Poetry Sale. Kick back and relax at your favorite vacation spot with titles from the acclaimed Pitt Poetry Series, featuring two former Poet Laureates (Billy Collins and Ted Kooser) along with many other well-known poets. Poetry sale details: here  In honor of the Fourth of July, we take a light-hearted approach to Americana, with a twist on the classic apple pie. This recipe for Fried Apple Pies is from More than Moonshine: Appalachian Recipes and Recollections by Sidney Saylor Farr. Fried Apple Pies 2 c. flour 1 tsp. salt ½…

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New Book: Authoritarian Russia

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New Book: Authoritarian Russia

Authoritarian Russia Analyzing Post-Soviet Regime Changes Vladimir Gel’man RUSSIAN STUDIES/POLITICAL SCIENCE “With this book, Gel’man brings together his deep knowledge of the dynamics of the Russian regime and his serious grounding in political science to provide an interpretation of the evolution of the regime since 1991. The result is a masterful synthesis.” —Thomas Remington, Emory University   Russia today represents one of the major examples of the phenomenon of “electoral authoritarianism”—characterized by adopting the trappings of democratic institutions (such as elections, political parties, and a legislature) and enlisting the service of the country’s essentially authoritarian rulers. Why and how has…

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