New book Kings of the Bluff recalls a time when Duquesne basketball was the greatest game in town
By Jody DiPerna
Mark Whitaker’s new book Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance re-examines Pittsburgh’s past
Black renaissance in Pittsburgh suited the city itself: Born of commerce and business, it was brawny, corporeal and expressive
Tags: Book Reviews + Features, Books, Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance, Mark Whitaker, My Long Trip Home, Robert L. Vann, Gus Greenlee, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
“The Dukes were, well, they were the shit in the 1950s.”
Tags: Sports News, Duquesne basketball, David Finoli, Kings of the Bluff: The Next Chapter, Sihugo Green, Dick Ricketts
A conversation with Jennifer Egan
The author discusses her new novel, Manhattan Beach
Tags: Book Reviews + Features, Books, Jennifer Egan, Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach, Carnegie Music Hall
A visit by Homegoing author Yaa Gyasi
“I wanted to be able to watch things, slavery and colonialism, as they shifted very gradually over time.”
Tags: Book Reviews + Features, Books, Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, Cape Coast Castle
Marcus Rediker on history’s most notable abolitionist Quaker dwarf
The author discusses his new biography, The Fearless Benjamin Lay
Tags: Book Reviews + Features, Books, Marcus Rediker, Benjamin Lay, The Fearless Benjamin Lay, The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist, University Club, Pitt
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