Jody DiPerna When Raymond Thompson, Jr. started looking through the archives of the Hawks Nest tunnel, he was struck by how absent the five thousand plus men who worked the dig were. It was, rather,…
New Book from Belt Press Asks What Does…
by Jody DiPerna In his new book, Craig Calcaterra wants you to know, you don't have to stay loyal to a team or a league in order to enjoy sports. Long-time baseball writer Craig Calcaterra…
New Book, “On the Line,” Explores Invisible Labor…
by Jody DiPerna Daisy Pitkin is a union organizer and a writer. She now lives in Pittsburgh. Her new book, "On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build…
Neema Avashia Expands Our Understanding of the Region…
By Jody DiPerna What if I told you that reading a book would inspire you to pair "Ghetto Supastar" (Pras) with "Islands in the Stream" (Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers) on your latest playlist? Or…
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…
‘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…