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
By Jody DiPerna
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
New book Kings of the Bluff recalls a time when Duquesne basketball was the greatest game in town
“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
More Lynn Cullen Live
Nurses at Pittsburgh’s West Penn Hospital vote to authorize strike
By Ryan Deto
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By Rob Brezsny
A Pittsburgh Burger King closes temporarily as workers apparently walk out
In honor of UPMC CEO Romoff’s retirement, a look back at his loathsome legacy
