By Serena Garcia, Senior Staff Writer
• February 10, 2023
Kelly Sather, a 2015 Bennington College MFA graduate, began writing short stories around 10 years ago. Her first collection of short stories, “Small in Real Life” won the 2023 University of Pittsburgh Press Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
As students struggle to survive finals over the next two weeks, here’s something to look forward to ─ winter break. Here are five just-for-fun book recommendations that span across genres ─ for when students can finally escape the textbooks.
The digital wall, an exhibit on the third floor of Hillman Library, displays a gallery of artwork and research on print media from students and faculties at Pitt. It’s just one of the many elements within the library’s collections, which range from digital to physical material.
By Shreya Singh, Staff Writer
• September 30, 2022
Will Hermes, an acclaimed music journalist for “The Rolling Stone,” participated in a music journalism Q&A on Zoom Thursday night as a part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, a program dedicated to bringing notable writers to Pitt’s campus.
City of Asylum’s LitFest ‘22 is a free, hybrid literature festival that spans 10 days from Sept. 10 to Sept. 20. The festival focuses on themes of identity, displacement and marginalized voices.
Translation, often a forgotten part of the literary process, allows stories from all over the world to be more accessible to a wider audience. City of Asylum is celebrating translation with the first annual Pittsburgh International Literary Festival, also known as LitFest.
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.
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...
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...
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