Our Big Summer Issue
It’s officially summer and we have so much going on in literary Pittsburgh...
It’s officially summer and we have so much going on in literary Pittsburgh (Zadie Smith is coming to town! StokerCon’s in Pittsburgh this year! So many new events added to Littsburgh’s calendar of literary events!) that we ran out of space in this email and have to keep our intro short again . . .
Yours in books,
The Littsburgh Crew
P.S. Check out Littsburgh’s Nick Courage on writing for the love of it :)
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Announces 2023/24 Ten Evenings Season!
“At this critical time, I am honored to announce the slate of extraordinary authors, whose voices shift our perspectives and profoundly impact our community, as they generously share their humanity, creativity, insights, and brilliance with us…”
PulpFest 2023: “Celebrating Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction, and More!”
“At this year’s PulpFest, we’ll be saluting the centennials of Weird Tales — the magazine that published H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, the early Ray Bradbury, and more — and the 100th anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the company founded by the author to protect Tarzan and the other characters that he created. We’ll also be celebrating the 90th anniversary of such pulp heroes as Doc Savage and The Spider and the centennial of sports pulps…”
Three Poems by Sophie Klahr (from Two Open Doors in a Field)
“This is extraordinary poetry. Noir like that early Joan Didion we loved.” —Eileen Myles
Don’t miss out: Klahr will be in Pittsburgh on June 7th to celebrate the publication of her new poetry collection with Jim Daniels!
We just added a bunch of Craft Talks to Littsburgh’s event calendar (we posted a Q&A about Craft Talks a while back and are happy to see that they’re still going strong!)
Start Reading The Same Dead Songs, a Memoir by Dave Newman Chronicling Working-Class Casualties in Pittsburgh’s Rust Belt…
“There are writers who understand America and there are writers who understand an America most writers don’t write about… Readers will hear echoes of Raymond Carver, Daniel Woodrell and Denis Johnson, but in the end, Newman has earned a place of his own in the pantheon.” –Jerry Stahl, bestselling author of Permanent Midnight
“The Horror Writers Association is thrilled to have the incredible city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the host of the 2023 StokerCon® convention. It is a city of raw talent, intense creativity, and the birthplace of many aspects of the modern horror world as we know it today.”
Two Poems by Jim Daniels (from The Human Engine at Dawn)
“The ghost behind these haunted and haunting poems is the bittersweet and stunningly detailed memory of his formative years in blue-collar Detroit, echoed sometimes in his present home of Pittsburgh. The latter (much less the former) isn’t Paris, he admits, but then, ‘F— Paris.’ With The Human Engine at Dawn, Jim Daniels remains among this country’s most gifted and engaging poets.” —William Trowbridge, author of Call Me Fool
Don’t miss out: Daniels will be helping celebrate Sophie Klahr’s latest release, Two Open Doors in a Field, on June 7th!
Q&A: Dr. Daniela Atanassova-Lineva and Pittsburgh’s Dr. Shellie Hipsky (authors of The Prescription for a Happy, Healthy Child: 113 Questions Answered by a Top Pediatrician)
“New parents have A LOT of questions!
World-renowned pediatrician Dr. Daniela Atanassova-Lineva and award-winning empowerment coach and former tenured professor (and Pittsburgher!) Dr. Shellie Hipsky, both moms, have teamed up to get the answers in your hands!”
Featured Interview: Jolene McIlwain (Sidle Creek) in Conversation with Meredith Mileti (Aftertaste)
Start Reading A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention by (Pittsburgher) Kristina Marusic….
Local Interest: Start Reading A Farm Life: Observations from Fields and Forests by Daryln Brewer Hoffstot…