Mark Z. Danielewski returns to Pittsburgh
Mark Z. Danielewski read from both House of Leaves and his latest, Only Revolutions, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers last night in Pittsburgh. I’d put the crowd at 100+, and every single…
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Pittsburgh’s lit life picks up
9/27 – Mark Z. Danielewski at Joseph Beth Booksellers! 10/1 – George Saunders at Pitt! 10/1 – Ander Monson at Chatham! 10/8 – Orhan Pamuk at the Drue Heinz Lecture…
The gist of things
On Friday night I went to the Gist Street reading series to hear poet Terrance Hayes and short fictioneer Charles D-Ambrosio read. And, like every other time I’ve gone to…
Welcome, Pittsblog!
The very cool Metroblogs network has added a new city to its international roster. Hello, Pittsburgh! I’ll be blogging about city stuff over there. As a matter of fact, I…
Pssst … it’s Hot Metal Bridge
Consider this a quiet announcement of Hot Metal Bridge, the new literary magazine from the University of Pittsburgh MFA students in creative writing. Uh, yeah, that would include me. You…
Carnegie, meet Lahiri
That’s Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall and Jhumpa Lahiri doing a Q&A for the Dru Heinz Lecture Series Monday night.
Pittsburgh is happening
If you like creative nonfiction, Pittsburgh is the place to be this weekend with the 412 Festival. The capper will be Saturday’s interview of Buzz (Friday Night Lights) Bissinger and…
Maybe He is on my side
10:00pm concession speech. Rick Santorum: “Karen and I and the kids just want to thank God.” As do those of us who voted against you, Rick. We also thank the…
and then the big hand dips below 32
It is October 23rd and S N O W I N G in Pittsburgh. On October 6, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported: By the end of the century, the length of…
