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'Creative Nonfiction' Begins Life Anew as a Quarterly Magazinenew

At the recent relaunch party for Pittsburgh-based literary journal Creative Nonfiction as a quarterly magazine, editor Lee Gutkind showed he hasn't forgotten old insults to the genre he's strived to popularize.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Bill O'Driscoll  |  03-15-2010  |  Books

The Brother of One of Pittsburgh's Most Famous Authors Speaks Out From Behind Barsnew

Robert Wideman's story is better known than most. His brother, John Edgar Wideman, is a nationally renowned author. The elder brother wrote a book about Robert's struggles, Brothers and Keepers, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1984.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Matt Stroud  |  03-15-2010  |  Books

Flipping Through Mass-market Titles for Summer Readsnew

Teen novels ... celebrity biographies ... murder mysteries sold by the pound ... what goes on inside those lurid covers? We were by turns bemused, appalled, and sometimes even touched, by what we found. Includes reviews of Elton: The Biography, Beautiful Boy, Bratfest at Tiffany's, The Dark Tide, and more.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Staff  |  07-21-2008  |  Books

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