Q&A with acclaimed author, Pitt professor Anjali Sachdeva
By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot, Staff Writer
August 20, 2018
Filed under Art, Culture, Welcome Back 2018
To learn more about “All the Names They Used for God” and the author behind it, The Pitt News Gillot spoke with Sachdeva about her history and the creation of her acclaimed debut work.
Paperback writers: new Pitt course turns students into authors
By Sarah Schneider / for The Pitt News
February 18, 2016
Katelyn Prosachik’s dream growing up was to be a government spy — but while that dream hasn’t materialized in real life, a Pitt class is keeping her fantasy alive. Prosachik is writing a novel about a fictitious 17-year-old version of herself, a teenaged federal government-recruited spy. “Th...
Freedom of speech: Feminist lit club fosters open discussions
By Meghan Bray / Staff Writer
November 18, 2015
Not all advocacy groups make a difference by causing a stir. For the past two years, members of the Feminist Theory Reading Group have built a community by meeting every other Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Cathedral of Learning in room 402E to discuss classic and contemporary literature concerning femi...
Pitt poets finalists for National Book Award
By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor
October 14, 2015
Pitt is well represented in this year’s 20 National Book Award finalists. Pitt English professor Terrance Hayes was nominated Wednesday for his assortment of linguistic and investigative poems, “How to Be Drawn,” published by Penguin Books in March. Ross Gay, another Pittsburgh poet, was ...