Literary Arts

Ed Simon reflects on the weirder side of Pittsburgh's "soul" in new essay collection

Appalachian Ghost mines West Virginia's hidden Black labor history

Clare Beams births a new kind of pregnancy horror with The Garden

Swimsuit models and the mafia define L.L. Kirchner's debut novel Florida Girls

Author Anna Monardo fulfills grandmother's dying wish with After Italy

Over 50 years, Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange went from a small workshop to a support network for local writers

How a podcast, a fear of flying, and a plantation museum influenced Jesmyn Ward's latest novel Let Us Descend

Meet the local writers driving Pittsburgh’s literary publishing renaissance

Squirrel Hill author Catherine Gammon explores how loud silence can be in The Gunman & the Carnival

New book offers mushroom hunting tips for Western Pa. locals

Stay Gold adds family-owned bookstore to Regent Square business district

Tracy Kidder documents doctor's quest to heal patients experiencing homelessness

Rust Belt Union Blues examines the political shift of organized labor groups

In Growing Up Yinzer, famous natives from Joe Namath to Billy Porter reflect on the city and its impact

Cameron Barnett goes from a Murmur to a roar with new poetry collection

Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard trades YA lit for a story about women off the grid

Don't expect Jennifer Egan to upload her memories into the cloud anytime soon

B is for Books, a free children’s bookstore, aims to boost literacy and joy for young readers

Pittsburgh is still "there" for Gertrude Stein, and she may even get her own dedicated day of celebration

On the Rocks portrays the rise and fall of McKees Rocks' Primadonna Restaurant