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."
