Tag Archives: Pitt

Fairly softspoken and incredibly close

Jonathan Safran Foer came to Pitt. He spoke winningly on laughter, using notes but kind of musing, as though he were working out the ideas for a new essay. In…

Philip Gourevitch comes to Pitt

Editor of The Paris Review, author of two books — A Cold Case and We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families — former…

Obsessing the Mysteries at Sundance

Shortly after beginning my graduate career at Pitt, the place where Michael Chabon was an English major undergrad, I was an extra in the film version of his book Mysteries…

O’Nan and Pancake and Lee, oh my

Monday: Stewart O’Nan reads in the evening at Pitt, in the 5th floor room where we have workshop, featuring arching gothic windows and the occasional wintry breeze. Afterwards a few…

Just when you say the name Stewart O’Nan

The man shows up and starts reading. At least that’s how it worked on Monday, when I blogged that he was coming and then he appeared later that night. O’Nan,…

Hot Metal Bridge-ing

Hello! How are you? Am I speaking too loud?! Do I seem a little awkward? My apologies. It’s just – I haven’t seen people in a while. I’ve been putting…