Author: Kristofer Collins
Our books editor has got you covered, for beaches, barbecues or your own backyard.
Plans are underway to celebrate all things books in one of the nation's ‘most literate cities.’
Our book editor delivers a wintry mix of literary delights to chase away those frosty blues.
Our book editor harvests a bumper crop of excellent new reads.
Our book editor catches up on some great new reads with local connections.
Pittsburgh author Deesha Philyaw is taking the publishing world by storm with her debut collection of short stories.
Our books editor reviews “The Illness Lesson” by Clare Beams.
“Tender - A Literary Anthology and Book of Spells: Evidence” by Deesha Philyaw and Vanessa German.
Books Editor Kristofer Collins interviews one of Pittsburgh’s finest writers about what’s on her mind during quarantine.
Our book editor provides five options – old and new – that are worth your while.
Reviews of two biographies this month, one of former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff and another of August Wilson –– aimed at younger readers.
The poems in “Greasy Handshakes, ” by Trafford native Richard Gegick, reflect the shift in the American economy away from manufacturing.
PM Book Editor Kristofer Collins recalls the many famous authors he met while working at a revered Oakland book store.
Reviews of "Hell with the Lid Off" and a memoir by Phil Bourque of his time playing with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Reviews of a graphic memoir by local cartoonist Frank Santoro and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers.”
The disappearance of a teenage girl in Greene County is the inciting event of “Marilou Is Everywhere.”
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.
Reviews of poetry collections by Michael Wurster and Robert Walicki.
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.
Reviews of “I”: New and Selected Poems by Toi Derricotte and Regular Hauntings: New and Previous Poems by Gerald Costanzo.
Books Editor Kristofer Collins reviews “I”: New and Selected Poems by Toi Derricotte and Neal Stephenson comes to town.
Books Editor Kristofer Collins reviews "Appalachia North" by Matthew Ferrence and "Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields."
Enjoy a walk on the literary side with Arlan Hess of City Books.
