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YARR, mateys! Pitt undergrad reading series turns the page

With a name that sounds more like something a pirate would say than something as academic as a… With a name that sounds more like something a pirate would say than something as academic as a reading series, the undergraduate reading group YARR will close out its year and its three-year run with a final reading tomorrow night.

Held traditionally in the commons room of the Forbes Craig apartment building, YARR has functioned as the Honors College-supported reading group for undergraduate writers for three years now, but will now end its run because its founders and facilitators are graduating or have already graduated from Pitt.

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