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"Myriad has been in so many time streams she’s lost count – hiding from her feelings about her brother’s death Read more

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From the Publisher: The land surrounding the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers has supported communities of humans Read more

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"From her bench in the park near her house, the woman who Rebecca so beautifully and poignantly portrays quietly carries Read more

"Slam came to Pittsburgh in the early ’90s, and it still has a home here. But two long-time practitioners also Read more

Selected by Cheryl Strayed for the Kore Press Institute Memoir Award From the Publisher: "Certain and Impossible Events orbits the Read more

"Sewickley, the Shawnee word for sweet water, derived from the tribe’s belief that the borough’s shores were a little sweeter Read more

"After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with an English degree, Sharon Flake could have concentrated on fiction for adults, Read more

From the publisher: "Soon after her husband's tragic death, Robin Besher makes a startling discovery: He had recklessly blown through Read more

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