The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Don’t Be a Stranger | Do It For You

Don’t Be a Stranger | Do It For You

By Sophia Viggiano, Staff Writer • October 6, 2024
In this edition of Don’t Be a Stranger, staff writer Sophia Viggiano discusses working toward your own success.
A poet performs at the poetry slam at Greer Cabaret Theater on Wednesday night.

Pittsburgh Poetry Collective hosts nine slam poets at the Greer Cabaret Theater

By Thomas Riley, Contributing Editor • January 25, 2024

Nearly 100 attendees hid from the rain and enjoyed refreshments while listening to a lineup of local slam poets on Wednesday night in the lounge of the Greer Cabaret Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. The...

A performer at the “Poetry Unplugged” event during the Hooks and Phonics Festival at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center on Friday night.

August Wilson Center celebrates poetry and hip-hop with Hooks & Phonics Festival

By Daniella Levick, Staff Writer • January 22, 2024

“Poetry Unplugged” proved that words can create community out of consternation, oppose oppression, promote self-expression and guide enduring change over the weekend.  The August Wilson African...

Poetry | Weather and Distance

Poetry | Weather and Distance

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist • November 5, 2023
As the weather gets colder, missing someone that is too far away gets tougher.
Poetic Satire | Dear liberals, do as I say

Poetic Satire | Dear liberals, do as I say

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist • March 27, 2023
Columnist Anita Bengert explores the hypocrisy of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act through poetry.
Poetry | Beauty on the devil’s tongue

Poetry | Beauty on the devil’s tongue

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • March 19, 2023
Senior Staff Columnist Anna Fischer analyzes and critiques modern beauty standards through poetry.
Dictionary definition of poetry.

Pitt student publishes poetry book discussing mental health, relationships

By Rebecca Hsu, For The Pitt News • March 12, 2023
Diving into themes of mental health, relationships, identity and philosophy, “Midnight Peanut Butter and Other Transgressions” is a thoughtful and intensely personal reflection on college life, self-published by Pitt student Sylas Yarad.
Poetry | Lines half as lovely as you

Poetry | Lines half as lovely as you

By Thomas Riley, Staff Columnist • February 7, 2023
An exploration of sex, love and poetic expression.
Poetry | Winter demands rest

Poetry | Winter demands rest

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • January 25, 2023
Assistant Opinions Editor Grace DeLallo explores through poetry the need to slow during the cold months, despite demand from the outside world that we carry on as normal.
‘Poetry is universal’: Carlow Event honors Samuel Hazo, the International Poetry Forum

‘Poetry is universal’: Carlow Event honors Samuel Hazo, the International Poetry Forum

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer • January 8, 2023
Carlow University hosted the Power of Poetry event on Saturday night to gather the community for a celebration of poetry, performance and the legacy of the work of Samuel Hazo, who founded the International Poetry Forum in 1966.
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