Two new biographies run different basepaths to Willie Stargell
Richard Peterson and Frank Gannon explore the life and legacy of the Pirates' beloved "Pops."
Pittsburgh group hosts a rare gathering of exiled Chinese political dissidents.
Highlights include "An Illegal Conversation: What we would like to talk about together in China — but can't."
Poet Scott Silsbe's new collection looks back on life.
"So much of memory is a breaking up/of beginnings and endings, major keys transposed/to minors."
David V. Matthews offers a strong debut short-story collection.
Matthews' style is crisp, even deceptively offhanded, yet there's plenty going on beneath the surface.
Dan Rooney and house historian Carol Peterson co-write a fine new history of the North Side
Some high points of this story are familiar, but this book invariably tells them with a welcome historical precision and humanistic nuance
A new book highlights legal battles against a West Virginia coal giant
"It's two Pittsburgh lawyers at their best."
A review of poet Jan Beatty's new collection, The Switching/ Yard.
"The new book ups the ante of Beatty's punk-tinged feminism flavored with graphic sex."
