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A Conversation with DJ Gallo A sports satirist comes to Pittsburgh -- and offers his take on Steely McBeam, wedgies and Ray Lewis November 08, 2007

Women's Football Passion Play Pittsburgh women's team demands, inspires, commitment May 25, 2006

Bettis's Career in the End Zone Jerome makes a graceful exit April 13, 2006

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Arts+Entertainment, Literary Arts Feb 14, 2018
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

Sports, Sports News Dec 13, 2017
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.”
- By Jody DiPerna
- Tags: Sports News, Duquesne basketball, David Finoli, Kings of the Bluff: The Next Chapter, Sihugo Green, Dick Ricketts

Arts+Entertainment, Literary Arts Nov 29, 2017
A conversation with Jennifer Egan

The author discusses her new novel, Manhattan Beach
- By Jody DiPerna
- Tags: Book Reviews + Features, Books, Jennifer Egan, Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach, Carnegie Music Hall

Arts+Entertainment, Literary Arts Nov 1, 2017
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.”
- By Jody DiPerna
- Tags: Book Reviews + Features, Books, Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, Cape Coast Castle

Arts+Entertainment, Literary Arts Oct 4, 2017
Marcus Rediker on history’s most notable abolitionist Quaker dwarf

The author discusses his new biography, The Fearless Benjamin Lay
- By Jody DiPerna
- 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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