by Brittany Hailer Tim Manino, 60, died in the Allegheny County Jail Thursday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Jail staff performed CPR for approximately 30 minutes until paramedics arrived and pronounced Manino dead…
Mant¿s’ new collection, “The Rootwork Stretched,” grows poetry
"The Rootwork Stretched," an intimate and inviting new poetry chapbook by Mant¿s, is soaked in the groundwork of artists and healers who have come before them. Specific and alive in one Black fem's reinterpretation of…
Pittsburgh is Still a Contested Symbol
By Ed Simon In his book, 'An Alternative History of Pittsburgh' released by Belt Press this summer, Ed Simon considers the history of Pittsburgh from the geologic formation of the region, dating back to about…
‘The Violence Project’ book investigates mass shootings in…
by Jody DiPerna In September of this year, Abrams Press released a new book by Jillian Peterson and James Densley titled, "The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic." The book is the result…
Mark Oppenheimer’s book explores Tree of Life attack,…
By Jody DiPerna Writer Mark Oppenheimer, author of the new book "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood," just released by Knopf, was looking for a way to…