Poet and essayist Kristin Kovacic’s History of My Breath is a luminous study in shared intimacy. These essays ranging in topic from childhood to childbirth, parenting to care giving, busing to active shooter drills in schools take in the full scope of Kovacic’s life.
Two recent and very different books share in the conviction that writers must take a good look at the world around them and report what they have witnessed.
The Pioneers is historian and Point Breeze native David McCullough’s retelling of the settlement of the wilderness northwest of the Ohio River, which contained the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Books Editor Kristofer Collins reviews "Unlucky 21: The Saddest Stories and Games in Pittsburgh Sports History," Wicked Pittsburgh" and Alternate Histories' "Pittsburgh in Olden Times."
Reviews of Clean Time: “The True Story of Ronald Reagan Middleton”
by Ben Gwin, “This Darkness Got To Give” by Dave Housley and “Thank Your Lucky Stars” by Sherrie Flick.
A review of "The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic," and a preview of award-winning playwright Tammy Ryan's next public reading.
“Sometimes I play the what-if game and wonder, what if we hadn’t moved to Sewickley when I got pregnant ... and what happened to us might never have happened at all.”
Reviews of Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance by Mark Whitaker and Abandoned Pittsburgh: Steel and Shadows by Chuck Beard
