Why did the loan of a few of Gertrude Stein's manuscripts to the Yale Libraries change literary study? I tackle this question, and share some of the treasures I found this summer at the Beinecke Library, in my latest piece for the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social pghrev.com/the-making-o...

The Making of the Modernist Archive - Pittsburgh Review of Books

“In the matter of fans,” the Gotham Book Mart proclaimed in 1940, “you can only compare with a moving-picture star in Hollywood.” Even taking into

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I’m still thinking about Dolly. Some thoughts on Dolly Parton, mutual aid, Appalachian kinship and my mom in the Pgh Review of Books. pghrev.com/dolly-parton...

Dolly Parton of Appalachia - Pittsburgh Review of Books

What is there left to say about Dolly Parton? About her stupendous talent. About her remarkable philanthropy that should put all of the billionaires and

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Within days of Dolly Parton’s death on Tuesday, a new tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean could share her name.

The Next Tropical Storm Will Share Dolly Parton’s Name

Dolly Parton died on Tuesday. The next tropical storm in the Atlantic will, coincidentally, carry her name.

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"IN A NAME My people take their names from the radio: Jolenes and Rhiannons and Angies. From magazines, from girls down the street, the Jessicas and Jennifers, Lees and Maries — there are many of us...." Rest in peace, Dolly. tinyurl.com/mr37wu4y

Jessica Manack at Hemingway's - Pittsburgh Review of Books

Over this summer PRoB will be featuring the work of upcoming readers that will be appearing at Pittsburgh’s venerable Hemingway’s Poetry Series, now

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Signed copies of GASTROMYTHOLOGY are available through my site! All orders also come with a couple of ridiculous 60s recipe cards. www.jessicamanack.com/blank-page

Please join us for an evening of #poetry! Tuesday, July 28 7 p.m. Hop Farm Brewing Company, 5601 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA

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In advance of my reading at the Hemingway's series, I have up today at the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social a piece about the maddening challenge of researching female ancestors! pghrev.com/jessica-mana...

A few days remain! We want to read your #poetry!

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Are you a poet who has not published a chapbook or full-length collection, and has a manuscript ready to share? Consider entering the Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chapbook contest. This is how my book came to be! It's a great press to work with. sheila-na-gigonline.submittable.com/submit/35932...

In advance of my reading at the Hemingway's series, I have up today at the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social a piece about the maddening challenge of researching female ancestors! pghrev.com/jessica-mana...

Jessica Manack at Hemingway's - Pittsburgh Review of Books

Over this summer PRoB will be featuring the work of upcoming readers that will be appearing at Pittsburgh’s venerable Hemingway’s Poetry Series, now

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Are you a poet who has not published a chapbook or full-length collection, and has a manuscript ready to share? Consider entering the Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chapbook contest. This is how my book came to be! It's a great press to work with. sheila-na-gigonline.submittable.com/submit/35932...

Sheila-Na-Gig online - Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chap Contest -- 2026

Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chap Contest:  Accepting Submissions July 1-31, 2026      Sheila-Na-Gig Editions invites entries for our annual First Chap contest. Please follow the guidelines below to b...

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The Homocore Anthology now available from Fluke Publishing! www.flukemags.com/product/homo... #homocore

Homocore Anthology

HOMOCORE was a queer punk zine, published in San Francisco from September 1988 through Spring 1991. This paragraph on the first page of every issue...

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This is an excellent series with a lineup of excellent writers each time. (I'll also appear there July 28!).

Carnegie Mellon University Department of English@cmuenglish.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On Tuesday, June 9, Assistant Professor Camille Rankine will read her work at the Hemingway's Poetry Series. Read a preview of Camille's work at the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social: pghrev.com/camille-rank...

The date of this changed -- to Friday, May 22! It will be a great evening in Washington tomorrow! Tickets here: dupontunderground.org/read-the-roo...

May 22 Poets — Dupont Underground

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Glad to start the new year with #poetry news! I'll be a featured reader at a new series in Washington, D.C., Read the Room, at #DupontUnderground. I'm reading on May 13, but there will be a 4-poet reading in each of the first six months of the year. Full details: dupontunderground.org/read-the-room

I'm excited to return to my hometown this week to celebrate the launch of the annual literary journal at Robert Morris University! I'll be reading along with a group of students whose work is featured in RUNE. 📚 Robert Morris University - TV Studio 📆 Thursday, April 23 🕰️ 6:30 p.m.

Professor Emerita Jane McCafferty recently received the inaugural Literary Citizenship Award from Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. Read more, as well as a Q&A with Jane, below: www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...

Jane McCafferty Receives Inaugural Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Literary Citizenship Award - Department of English - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Carnegie Mellon University

Jane McCafferty Receives Inaugural Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Literary Citizenship Award

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Speaking of mosaic, I visited the Ruins Project, 1 hour south of Pittsburgh, this weekend (see image below), and I can't recommend it enough. A beautiful, moving, constantly evolving work of art and history. They offer guided tours on weekends - open dates here: www.sagermosaics.com/the-ruins-pr...

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The deadliest coal mining accidents in both West Virginia and Pennsylvania occurred in December 1907. What do the memorials erected since then say about a changing Appalachia? By Greg Barnhisel. @gbarnhisel.bsky.social pghrev.com/dark-as-the-...

I wrote a story about the long-running House of Hades street mosaic project, and it's coming out in the new issue of FLUKE, which is jam-packed with a great mix of interviews, art and poetry from underground makers. Something for everyone! Get yours here: www.flukemags.com/product/fluk...

Fluke 23: From the Ground Down

PREORDERS OPEN! FIRST 75 ORDERS COME WITH A LIMITED EDITION POSTER! ALL ORDERS WILL SHIP BY JUNE 15TH. Fluke 23: From The Ground Down marks the...

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I'm excited to return to my hometown this week to celebrate the launch of the annual literary journal at Robert Morris University! I'll be reading along with a group of students whose work is featured in RUNE. 📚 Robert Morris University - TV Studio 📆 Thursday, April 23 🕰️ 6:30 p.m.

"We discussed her first steps into poetry, her recent work, ...and how 'when a poem really, really touches you, time falls away.'” @cameronbarnett.bsky.social interviews Rita Dove in advance of her @pghartslectures.bsky.social talk. pghrev.com/the-body-and...

The Body and Breath - Pittsburgh Review of Books

Rita Dove will be appearing as guest of the International Poetry Forum on April 18th at 2PM in the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall.

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The date of this reading has changed, to Friday, May 22! Buy tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Read the Room Poetry Series 2026

Welcome to the Red Stage! READ THE ROOM is more than a reading; it is an experience of collective vulnerability and defiant joy. We are committed to building audiences for poetry in all its forms, tra...

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@jessicamanack.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Glad to start the new year with #poetry news! I'll be a featured reader at a new series in Washington, D.C., Read the Room, at #DupontUnderground. I'm reading on May 13, but there will be a 4-poet reading in each of the first six months of the year. Full details: dupontunderground.org/read-the-room

“This bringing together of disparate influences, the merging of multiple inspirations to forge a new world is something of a Vollmer signature.” Scott Silsbe reviews Judith Vollmer's new book, THE PAVESE STONE, out now from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social. pghrev.com/judith-vollm...

Judith Vollmer's Poetics of Image and Imagination, Sound and Memory - Pittsburgh Review of Books

Judith Vollmer's collection "The Pavese Stone" will be released with a lecture as part of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures on Thursday March 12, 2026 at 7PM in

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See you at #AWP26? My appearances are all on Thursday, March 5: 10 a.m. book signing at Sheila-Na-Gig Editions table, 779 1 p.m. book signing at @penparentis.bsky.social table, 734 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions offsite reading, Delia Foley's Pub, 6-8 I would love to catch up with you!

See you at #AWP26? My appearances are all on Thursday, March 5: 10 a.m. book signing at Sheila-Na-Gig Editions table, 779 1 p.m. book signing at @penparentis.bsky.social table, 734 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions offsite reading, Delia Foley's Pub, 6-8 I would love to catch up with you!

‘The early modern postal system had its origins in medieval northern Italy. Political intrigue and commercial exigency fed the need for a reliable service.’ @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on early modern news: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

John Gallagher · Quickly Quickly Quickly: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

In early modern Europe, couriers represented the increased connectivity of the Continent. They travelled faster and...

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If Valentine's Day is not your thing, you may enjoy my poem "Saffron," read by host Marjorie Maddox on the WPSU Poetry Moment program. Thanks, Marjorie! My episode, as well as many others in their archive, can be listened to here: radio.wpsu.org/people/marjo...

Marjorie Maddox

Marjorie Maddox is the host of WPSU's <i>Poetry Moment </i>for the 2024-25 season. She is Professor Emerita of English and creative writing at the Lock Haven campus of Commonwealth University. Maddox ...

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Thanks to all those who've read and shared our stories over the last few months! In under half a year, we've already gained a great audience. We're committed to remaining freely accessible to all, but, if you're able to, your support will help us keep publishing: pghrev.com/support/

Join our department! We're hiring a Lecturer in our Writing & Communication program, to begin in Fall 2026. Candidates from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply. For more details: apply.interfolio.com/180359

I love that we have this program here in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

City of Asylum@cityofasylum.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hear from this year's Youth Poet Laureate Ambassadors in their recent interview with Saturday Light Brigade Radio slbradio.org/catalog/collec...

Discovering Pittsburgh’s raunchiest and most welcoming book club: Sex and Death. By Tyler Barton. pghrev.com/no-punches-p...

No Punches Pulled; No Kinks Shamed - Pittsburgh Review of Books

Sex and Death Book Club is a free, live reading series—where Pittsburgh writers perform their hottest, heaviest work alongside touring authors—that feels much

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We are shocked and saddened to hear of the upcoming closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. We hope to exist for a long time to keep our region, and the wider world, informed about books and literature. To support our mission, you can make a gift here: pghrev.com/support/