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Wred Fright, Zinester Novelistnew
"Wred Fright" is the nom-de-zine of Dr. Fred Wright, an English professor outside Cleveland who wrote his doctoral thesis on zine culture -- he talks about his latest novel.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
07-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ted Anthony on the Cultural History of a Songnew
He contemplates the ruin of many a poor boy in his book on "The House of the Rising Sun."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sherman Alexie Discusses His First Novel in a Decadenew
Flight uses a simple fantasy premise to show how complex the world is.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
Zine Hero Dishwasher Pete Dishes on His New Booknew
By the late 90s, the "Dishwasher" zine was a cult phenomenon, and Dishwasher Pete himself a folk hero and contributor to radio's This American Life -- now Harper Perennial has published a one-volume rewrite.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
05-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John Kerry Discusses His New Book on the Environmentnew
At 254 pages, the book is a summary of environmental problems (from global warming to toxic consumer products), a gallery of committed activists, and a call to national and global action.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
05-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Excerpt from Novel "Ride" Describes Young Man Learning to Take Busnew
He could have been the first black chief justice of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public School System, The Reverend Doctor Elliott Madison Meade. It was probably with something like this in mind that his mother had named him, and the disappointment of any possible chance of that, the likely reason behind her reportedly vehement rejection of him now.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
David Walton |
08-07-2004 |
Excerpts
Winners of Pittsburgh City Paper 2003 Fiction Contest Featurednew
In the story that placed first, Scott Bradley Smith's "Caught," a young man sees his parents differently after his girlfriend goes out on his father's trap runs with him. Also featured are the second-place winner, "Welcome to TV Land" by Douglas Raynor, and the third-place winner, "The Keys to My Writer's Block" by John Barry.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Scott Bradley Smith |
08-07-2004 |
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