Rege Behe
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Past articles by Rege:
Three Pittsburgh writer couples on navigating love, life, and revisions
How do Pittsburgh’s literary couples balance marriage and writing? We asked them. → Read More
Patrick Radden Keefe talks killers, cons, and rebels ahead of Pittsburgh appearance
The award-winning, best-selling author will discuss his book Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks as part of the Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures series. → Read More
Poet Halsey Hyer examines trans experience with debut collection [deadname]
Local poet Halsey Hyer’s new book is “a poetic tour de force describing the trans experience.” → Read More
Nobel-prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah brings epic work of fiction to Pittsburgh
Ahead of his Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures' appearance, learn more about Abdulrazak Gurnah and his novel, Afterlives. The story examines how the colony Deutsch-Ostafrika, or German East Africa, ruled with an iron fist in the region, affecting the lives of millions of Africans. It can be read as historical fiction, as an adventure novel, and, ultimately, as a love story. → Read More
Pitt professor Angie Cruz brings candid story of working class immigrants to LitFest
Angie Cruz's "How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water" follows Cara, whose gay son has left home and refuses to talk to her, as she attempts to look for work after losing a longtime position at a factory. → Read More
A list of recently released books by some of the region’s most accomplished writers
Pittsburgh, and Western Pennsylvania, are overflowing with novelists, essayists, poets, and non-fiction writers. Here, literary writer Rege Behe brings a list of recently released books by some of the region's most prolific and accomplished authors. → Read More
Revelatory essay collection asks, Are the Arts Essential?
In an essay for Are the Arts Essential? (NYU Press), Ford Foundation President Darren Walker writes about how the impact of art cannot be quantified... → Read More
George Saunders dives into 19th-century stories for lessons, inspiration in latest release
In A Swim in the Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life (Random House), George... → Read More
Charles Yu's latest novel does remarkable job exploring what it means to be Asian in America
Growing up in California, Charles Yu immediately noticed a difference while attending summer camps in Michigan. As soon as he got off the plane from Los Angeles, Yu realized he’d been living in a bubble where people who looked like him were commonplace. → Read More
CMU creative writing professor Jim Daniels retires after 40 years; releases new poetry collection
Jim Daniels has published or collaborated on approximately 41 books since his debut poetry collection Places/Everyone won the Brittingham Prize in 1985. The recently retired Carnegie Mellon University creative writing professor’s bibliography includes poetry chapbooks and collections, books of short fiction, and edited anthologies. → Read More
Ocean Vuong, one of the "most important writers of the early 21st century," to headline virtual Pittsburgh event
There is no single way to categorize Ocean Vuong’s first novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin). It is by turns a coming-of-age novel, an immigrant’s tale, a LGBTQ story, a fictionalized memoir. → Read More
Laurie Halse Anderson discusses her "stunning, heartbreaking" memoir of surviving sexual assault
Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout (Penguin) is not a typical young adult novel. A memoir composed of a series of poems, it’s a stunning, heartbreaking, and ultimately affirming story that recounts the author’s experiences as a victim of sexual assault. → Read More
Author David Treuer talks Native American history and "vibrant renaissance" ahead of Pittsburgh appearance
In 1877, Elmer Scipio Dundy, a U.S. District Court judge in Nebraska, ruled in Standing Bear v. Crook that a Ponca chief had the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of liberty guaranteed to white men. It should have been a landmark case. → Read More
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu recognized in new biography as extraordinary on and off the field
Troy Polamalu is arguably the best strong safety ever to play football. His honors, including being selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020, are numerous. → Read More
Paola Corso’s Vertical Bridges pays tribute to Pittsburgh’s beloved city steps
Every time Paola Corso’s grandmother saw a church, she made the sign of the cross. Corso adopted her grandmother’s tradition when she crossed a bridge... → Read More
A conversation with Writers & Lovers author Lily King ahead of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures appearance
There’s a line in Lily King’s latest novel, Writers & Lovers (Grove Atlantic), that sums up for many what it means to be a writer: “I don’t write because I think I have something to say,” the protagonist, Casey Peabody, says. → Read More
Laila Lalami discusses non-whites' place in American culture ahead of Pittsburgh appearance
Since becoming a US citizen in 2000, Moroccan native Laila Lalami has been grilled about assimilation by a man sitting next to her on a plane. When her father became ill right after 9/11, Lalami feared she wouldn’t be able to fly home to see him in Morocco. → Read More
A conversation with young adult novelist Lois Lowry ahead of Pittsburgh appearance
Lois Lowry was eight when she picked up Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ The Yearling. It was the first book for adults she read, and one that still impacts her 75 years later. → Read More
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures' Ten Evenings series opens with best-selling author Susan Choi
In November 2019, Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise (Holt) earned a National Book Award for best novel. A bestseller, it became one of the most discussed... → Read More
Mt. Lebanon native Jim Towns shares Western Pennsylvania ghost stories in American Cryptic
Most kids spend summer vacations at amusement parks or beaches, swimming pools, or playgrounds. But Jim Towns’ mom took him to historic landmarks and cemeteries. → Read More