Literary Arts

12 new books to look out for this June

The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook offers nostalgic reflections and vignettes of a complicated city

Brian Broome’s debut memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods seamlessly braids lesson and story

City of Asylum to launch first ever Pittsburgh International Literary Festival

With coronavirus, the book tour has gone completely online

Ten Evenings authors announced for Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures 2021-22 season

Classic Lines bookstore in Squirrel Hill purchased by Riverstone Books

A conversation with Kazuo Ishiguro on latest novel Klara and the Sun

New Pittsburgh children’s book author takes inspiration from family restaurant

Ocean Vuong, one of the "most important writers of the early 21st century," to headline virtual Pittsburgh event

Center for African American Poetry and Poetics announces spring lineup of events

A conversation with Karen Russell, one of today's "most creative and imaginative" fiction writers, ahead of Pittsburgh appearance

City Book’s Writing Residency creates space for local writers

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh introduces slew of virtual events for Black History Month

Three new Pittsburgh poetry collections you may have missed

Laurie Halse Anderson discusses her "stunning, heartbreaking" memoir of surviving sexual assault

Cover to Credits podcast determines if the book really is better than the movie (and vice versa)

Author David Treuer talks Native American history and "vibrant renaissance" ahead of Pittsburgh appearance

Former Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu recognized in new biography as extraordinary on and off the field

Books for Change requests donations for its anti-racist book drive