We've just added a bunch of events to Littsburgh’s literary calendar, so we figured it was time for another newsletter!
Scroll down for more . . . and it’s looking like the days of purely virtual events may be numbered, so if you haven’t experienced the joys of attending a bunch of author talks and readings in your pajamas, now’s a good time to give it a go! :)
Your friends in books,
Rachel, Nick, and Katie
The Littsburgh Crew
P.S. Event organizers: If you’re posting your events on Facebook, we may not have seen your listings. If you see that we haven’t listed your upcoming event, email us with details at news@littsburgh.com!
P.P.S. If you happen to have a copy of “Most Days I Find Myself Missing You” by the late local poet Daniel Yasko / Pickle, or know where we can find one, please get in touch with us (we’re trying to help one of his friends locate a copy).
Start Reading An Alternative History of Pittsburgh by Ed Simon…
An Alternative History of Pittsburgh is a must-read for anyone curious about this storied city, and for Pittsburghers who think they know it all-too-well already.
White Whale Books on The Terminal in the Strip: “White Whale got taken advantage of”
“Pittsburgh Book Twitter blew up this week following a viral post from White Whale Books about their experience with the developers of The Terminal in the Strip.”
Announcing City of Asylum’s Pittsburgh International Literary Festival!
“City of Asylum Pittsburgh announces the first annual Pittsburgh International Literary Festival (LitFest)—a 10-day event (starting on Wednesday, May 12, 2021) that considers themes of migration, identity, and displacement with an emphasis on works in translation.”
May 14, 2021: 34th Annual Pennwriters Conference (Online)! @ Online More information
May 14, 2021: August Wilson African American Cultural Center's Lit Fridays: Chiwan Choi @ Online More information
May 14, 2021: Poetry Reading: Isaac Pickell, Julianne Neely, Steffan Triplett, and Stephanie Cawley @ Online More information
May 14, 2021: LitFest: Representation & Translation @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: LitFest: Rosa Alcalá & Kitchen Table Translation Issue @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: Laser Cat/Vaser Cat Reading: Gwendolyn A. Mitchell and Cheyenne Matthews @ Online More information
May 15, 2021: LitFest: International Perspectives from Autumn House Press @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: LitFest: Scholastique Mukasonga Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: LitFest: Ilan Stavans Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
May 16, 2021: LitFest: "Katabasis" & Eulalia Books Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 17, 2021: LitFest: Language Politics in Translation @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: LitFest: Mieko Kawakami Book Release Celebration @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Brian Broome @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Rafe Posey & Liberty Hardy @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: After Happy Hour Review Issue 14 Launch! @ Online More information
May 18, 2021: PPC Presents: Writing Workshop! @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - More Is More: Build Your Body of Work with a Daily Writing Practice @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Writer Wednesdays: "Sand and Steel" by Dorit Sasson @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Sand and Steel–A Memoir of Longing and Finding Home (Dorit Sasson) @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 2: Friend, Kane, Kerr, Rudolph, Suarez @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: Virtual Author Visit with Ethel Rohan @ Online More information
May 19, 2021: LitFest: Viet Thanh Nguyen Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 20, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: S. Brook Corfman @ Online More information
May 20, 2021: LitFest: Olga Tokarczuk & Jennifer Croft Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 20, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers: BLOOD AND TREASURE @ Online More information
May 21, 2021: LitFest: Forrest Gander & Coral Bracho Live Reading & Conversation @ Online More information
May 21, 2021: The Next Shift: Fall of Industry & Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America - BOOK TALK @ Online More information
May 23, 2021: Book Launch! For the Whole Family: "Fabled Stables #2: Trouble with Tattle-Tails" by Jonathan Auxier @ Online More information
May 23, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
May 24, 2021: Riverstone Books' Monthly Book Club - ZOOM ONLY @ Online More information
May 25, 2021: Steel City Slam Open Mic & Hang via Zoom @ Online More information
May 26, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - The Story’s in the Details: Assemble the Past to Build Your Future Narrative @ Online More information
May 26, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ Online More information
May 27, 2021: For the Whole Family: "Mary Canary and the Worried Feeling" w/ Rachel Vinciguerra, Haley Fig Barber @ Online More information
May 28, 2021: Poetry Reading: "Your Crib, My Qibla" by Saddiq Dzukogi (w/ Malcolm Friend and Karla Lamb)) @ Online More information
May 29, 2021: Poetry Reading: Robert Walicki, Marilyn Annucci, and Sharon Fagan McDermott @ Online More information
May 30, 2021: The Poetry Atelier on ZOOM @ Online More information
June 1, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 3: Barnes, Barnett, Caballero, Rice, Solarczyk @ Online More information
June 2, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - From Reflection to Connection: Putting Your Inner Monologue on the Page @ Online More information
June 2, 2021: Book Launch! "The Lucky List" by Rachael Lippincott (w/ Morgan Matson, "Take Me Home Tonight") @ Online More information
June 2, 2021: Mystery Lovers: Cara Reinard and Kristin Wright Virtual Event @ Online More information
June 3, 2021: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Andy Norman @ Online More information
June 4, 2021: Reading & Conversation: "Unbecoming" by Lesley Wheeler w/ Anjali Sachdeva and Brittany Hailer @ Online More information
June 11, 2021: Poetry Reading: "Cleave" by Tiana Nobile w/ Diana Khoi Nguyen ("Ghost Of") @ Online More information
June 12, 2021: Poetry Reading: Darla Himeles, Mihaela Moscaliuc, and Lisa Alexander @ Online More information
June 15, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 4: Padua, Simms, Squillante, Ussia, Walicki @ Online More information
June 16, 2021: Wednesday Webinars with Creative Nonfiction - Writing Powerful Sentences: Go Beyond Grammar @ Online More information
June 16, 2021: WVU Press Party! Geoffrey Hilsabeck, Renée K. Nicholson, Shaun Slifer, Deesha Philyaw @ Online More information
June 16, 2021: Steel City Slam LIVE IN PERSON & VIRTUAL EVENT! @ Online More information
June 17, 2021: Poetry Reading: T.J. Sandella, Alan Chazaro, Conor Bracken, and Kara Knickerbocker @ Online More information
June 19, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
June 24, 2021: Penguin Evening Readers: THE STARS WE SHARE @ Online More information
June 29, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 5: Buccilli, Corso, Irwin, Mennies, Shaw @ Online More information
June 29, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray @ Online More information
June 30, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ Online More information
July 13, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 6: Allen, Dorsey, Kasdorf, Lin, Wesley @ Online More information
July 13, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Brenda Myers-Powell @ Online More information
July 17, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
July 27, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 7: Grochalski, Harvey, Mohn-Slate, Taylor, Jr., Wilson @ Online More information
July 27, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Sara Shepard @ Online More information
July 28, 2021: Well-Read Black Girl Book Club @ Online More information
August 3, 2021: Penguin Bookshop Writers Series: A Conversation with Anna Bailey @ Online More information
August 10, 2021: Hemingway's 2021 Summer Poetry Series, Week 8: Corpuz, Gegick, Prince, Shapiro, Wray @ Online More information
August 11, 2021: Latinx & Proud! Reading Series Special Edition ft. José Olivarez @ Online More information
August 21, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
September 18, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
October 16, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information
November 20, 2021: Parsec Monthly Meeting @ Online More information