Lori Jakiela's first full-length collection explores her past life as a flight attendant
By Fred Shaw
Scott Pyle's Seeking Fire
The 74 pages of brief poems are often paired with thumbprint-sized black-and-white photos that document both the everyday and his working life.
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Ann Curran’s new poetry chapbook, Irish Ayes, recalls times in Ireland
It strives for authentic, yet universal, moments
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Lauren Russell’s new poetry collection What’s Hanging on the Hush
The work is ultimately playful when it adds musicality to what Russell might call the “laboratory of the page”
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Jim Daniels’ Street Calligraphy
With each collection, Daniels retains a strong voice while refining the view of his past
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The recent poetry anthology Nasty Women & Bad Hombres reflects anxieties of the Trump era
The soapbox nature of some poems feels honest and therapeutic
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Lori Jakiela’s Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker
The book’s backbone is its celebration of labor
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Dawn Lundy Martin’s Good Stock Strange Blood
The poet looks inward at racial and personal trauma
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Robert Gibb’s new poetry collection exhumes the past with bright clarity
The poet relies on precise language, a signature invoking a supple musicality
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Cameron Barnett’s debut poetry collection, The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water
This collection highlights a writer who’s found his own voice
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John Stupp’s Pawley’s Island
A delightful poetry collection explores fishing, jazz and more
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By Mars Johnson
BEST OF PITTSBURGH 2024 Reader's Poll
By Ali Trachta
Ghost hunters say the National Aviary is “extremely haunted”
By Rachel Wilkinson
Pittsburgh now has a "Moon Tree" whose seed flew through outer space
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: Get weird edition
By Michael Machosky
