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2012-05-15 14:37:28
Theirs was a uniquely creative and close relationship that revolutionized the world of children's literature.
2012-05-14 17:08:13
Five stories by author Ray Bradbury are part of the Dark Night Reading Series at the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side.
2012-05-14 13:29:40
The great Russian writer first became famous for making wicked fun of Soviet foibles in the 1920s. He's still fresh as a daisy.
2012-05-14 00:10:57
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is now the sole operator of the state program providing books on audiocassette for the visually impaired.
2012-05-13 17:01:52
With powerful economy of words, a young journalist 'focuses his piercing gaze' on morally courageous actions.
2012-05-13 15:54:10
Paul O'Neill's safety campaign at Alcoa has been highlighted in Charles Duhigg's new best-seller, "The Power of Habit'
2012-05-13 14:22:36
Francis Cleetus, an advertising consultant and adjunct professor, formed Geek-2-Me.com to highlight entertaining technology stories.
2012-05-13 00:27:46
Chris Pavone's first novel, like a good spy, has dual identities: It's an international thriller and a study of domestic manners.
2012-05-13 00:23:52
The focus of publishing has been glued on digital business. Let's thank the Pulitzer Prized board for inspiring us to talk about fiction.
2012-05-13 00:15:08
The accomplished British novelist takes on an ambitious conceit: mad cow disease as metaphor
2012-05-09 15:52:12
For Brian McGreevy, writing the novel didn't begin with visions of werewolves or other beasties that go bump in the night.
2012-05-09 15:52:11
Three members of the African-American poetry organization Cave Canem will read Thursday in front of Teenie Harris' looming, projected images
2012-05-09 15:52:11
Author Stephen Dau may not live in Pittsburgh anymore, but some of his characters do.
2012-05-09 15:48:02
Have you ever come to the end of a book and felt as if you could be friends with one of the characters?
2012-05-09 15:47:55
A couple of classic children's picture books are celebrating big anniversaries this year.
2012-05-09 15:39:52
Peter Beinart's argument for a liberal democratic Zionism has its merits. But one of his solutions will make things worse.
2012-05-09 15:39:51
This debut has a surprising cross-generational appeal; fresh and funky, yet grounded in familiar literary tradition.
2012-05-09 15:39:33
The subtitle of Pat Buchanan's recent book might well be "We Need More White People." But a few who lean left might want to sample the book
2012-05-09 15:25:19
Young readers will enjoy these new picture books.
2012-05-09 15:22:13
As a professor of medicine, Abraham Verghese shows his students the time-honored techniques of examining a patient.
2012-05-09 15:21:59
"Cherry Blossoms: The Official Book of the National Cherry Blossom Festival" by Ann McClellan (age 10 and older; $30).
2012-05-09 15:20:42
With small brushstrokes, Stephen Dau paints an ultimately moving story of a war refugee who reconciles with the horror.
2012-05-09 15:20:07
Michael Hastings bracingly expands on the Rolling Stone reporting that got Gen. McChrystal canned.
2012-05-09 15:20:07
"Diligent research about hunting and factual reasons for its necessity are poignantly balanced with his internal struggle."
2012-05-09 15:19:17
Perhaps it is unfair to compare the young heroines in two of the century's most successful young adult series.
2012-05-09 15:06:55
In 1966, Mark Long, 11, moved with his family from San Antonio, Texas, to Houston. It turned out to be a momentous move.
2012-05-09 15:06:34
Who can resist a great story about an animal?
2012-05-09 15:05:40
The U.S. Department of Interior last week conferred on Andrew Carnegie's first American library the status of national landmark.
2012-05-09 15:03:49
Some newspapers are using replacement "Doonesbury"
2012-05-09 15:01:07
In "Freedom's Cap," the Capitol's construction illuminates our political history before and during the Civil War.
2012-05-09 15:00:58
The more I read "The Lifespan of a Fact," the more I wondered whether it was real.
2012-05-09 14:59:55
So few citizens know their country's past. Maybe that's what writers of historical fiction count on.
2012-05-09 14:55:36
Donations of money, books, comic books -- even an offer of storage space -- are pouring in to help the ToonSeum replace damaged comic books
2012-05-09 14:54:51
The U.S. Justice Department has warned Apple Inc.
2012-05-09 14:50:15
A study by Pew Charitable Trusts looked at 15 metropolitan libraries and showed Carnegie Library holding its own when meeting community
2012-05-09 14:49:02
The illustrious history of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is now an illustrated one.
2012-05-09 14:45:07
In Charles Murray's world, white Americans increasingly live in one of two places.
2012-05-09 14:43:00
A transplant nurse seduces men in a seedy motel room, then removes their kidneys and leaves them in a bathtub filled with ice water.
2012-05-09 14:41:57
From a certain perspective, Americans have never been so obsessed with food.
2012-05-09 14:41:57
The Irish, perhaps not the most thick-skinned group, have been very attuned to their place in American society from the beginning until
2012-05-09 14:29:08
Celebrate Black History Month by reading the latest winners of the Coretta Scott King Awards, given annually to the best children's books
2012-05-09 14:28:57
Children and dogs are a classic combination in life and in literature.
2012-05-09 14:28:34
Jan Berenstain's personality and art merged in the wise and gentle Mama Bear of the cartoon clan she and her husband created.
2012-05-09 14:24:54
The American platoon stopped its Humvees in the road. Ahead, a small boy of about 6, dressed in rags, staggered in circles.
2012-05-09 14:24:52
A field diary by British explorer David Livingstone is legible for the first time in 141 years.
2012-05-09 14:24:37
Sebastian Junger's name is familiar to many readers because he wrote "The Perfect Storm,"
2012-05-09 14:23:43
Imagine Frank McCourt as a Jewish virgin, and you've got "Unorthodox"
2012-05-09 14:23:41
French writer Michel Houellebecq's newest novel is, all told, a surprisingly affirming story from a self-proclaimed "cyclothymic."
2012-05-09 14:23:26
There is a moment at the beginning of "House of Stone"
2012-05-09 14:18:32
NEW YORK -- Adult fans of J.K. Rowling can rejoice: She has a new novel coming, for grown-ups. The kids will have to wait and see.
2012-05-09 14:15:15
Barney Rosset, the maverick publisher who chafed at puritanism and whose relentless challenges of obscenity laws helped overthrow the final
2012-05-09 14:14:13
At Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland last month, author Isabel Wilkerson recounted, with evangelistic fervor, how the great migration of
2012-05-09 14:13:53
Poet Tyehimba Jess will present a free reading and book signing at 8 p.m.
2012-05-09 14:13:47
Zach Smith loves his magazines.
2012-05-09 14:10:40
If you have a young reader who loves nonfiction, check out the 2012 winner of the Robert F. Medal, and the four 2012 Sibert Honor books.
2012-05-09 14:06:21
In the old Polaroid photos, my father stands next to a large circular mold on the floor of the pattern shop of U.S. Steel in Johnstown.
2012-05-09 14:06:18
Gregg Jones opens "Honor in the Dust"
2012-05-09 14:06:00
Alex Gilvarry's smart debut is a breezy, nervy novel about "fashion terrorist" Boyet "Boy"
2012-05-09 14:05:53
Among my collection of historical "artifacts," along with the Oct.
2012-05-09 13:51:41
News from the world of independent booksellers: Awesome Books has opened a new shop Downtown that will stay open until midnight on
2012-05-09 13:48:44
News from the world of independent book sellers: Awesome Books has opened a new shop Downtown that will stay open until midnight on
2012-05-09 13:45:00
In celebration of Black History Month, 10 screen prints and collages by Romare Bearden are being exhibited at The Andy Warhol Museum, 117
2012-05-09 13:44:46
At the end of World War I, the victorious powers carved up the territories formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
2012-05-09 13:44:39
'Anyone who tells you America is in decline ... doesn't know what they're talking about,"
2012-05-09 13:44:17
In Josh Bazell's 2009 debut novel, "Beat the Reaper,"
2012-05-09 13:43:50
The home at 2266 86th St. is just another three-story home in the Fairfax section of Cleveland.
2012-05-09 13:43:49
Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in
2012-05-09 12:40:06
Unless you're Amish -- and perhaps even then -- you've witnessed the effects digital technology has had on today's youth.
2012-05-09 00:10:13
Author Maurice Sendak once said he was crazy, and that was why his work was so good.
2012-05-08 17:09:02
The author-illustrator who saw the sometimes dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are," was 83.
2012-05-08 09:37:07
The author of "The Psychology of Wealth" has a message for soon-to-be graduates bombarded with gloom and doom: Disregard the bad news.
2012-05-08 01:05:45
Every year at Mount Washington High School "The List" an unsanctioned school tradition names the prettiest and ugliest girl in each grade.
2012-05-08 00:16:41
Best-selling children's author Rick Riordan admits he's looking forward to "kind of a break" in his writing schedule.
2012-05-06 00:56:50
Here's an enticing debut collection of 12 stories from a Pitt MFA graduate and native of Erie.
2012-05-06 00:55:09
Nell Freudenberger is delivering on her promise with her second novel, not your typical Rochester-to-Bangladesh romance.
2012-05-06 00:35:20
Not every mother in America would want "Stories of Motherhood" -- just ones with good literary taste and appreciation for simple elegance.
2012-05-06 00:12:32
John Nichols, a liberal in full, chronicles labor's fight in his home state against the Republican governor.
2012-05-03 00:22:21
As if "The Avengers" movie doesn't have enough "Pow! Wham! Bang!"
2012-05-01 16:35:37
What to do tonight: Cohen will sign copies of her book at Awesome Books, Downtown.
2012-05-01 00:20:36
Three telephone calls have changed the life of award-winning children's book creator Peter Sis.
2012-04-30 12:31:49
Former PG reporters Bill Moushey and Bob Dvorchak provide 'a fair overview' of the child abuse scandal that turned Penn State upside down.
2012-04-30 10:29:26
The new owner of Mystery Lovers Bookshop will be Laurie Miller Stephens of Dallas.
2012-04-30 00:17:04
The two Pittsburgh authors with new novels this season will read from their work Wednesday at the main Carnegie Library branch in Oakland.
2012-04-29 15:28:34
The race is grand. But that's just the beginning, as 'The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sport' reveals.
2012-04-29 00:20:15
The first installment in the Hanne Wilhelmsen detective series by Anne Holt is here; it's every bit as good as No. 8, "1222."
2012-04-29 00:16:00
Why has the 'Fifty Shades' smut-fest hit the sales spot for women? Let us count the ways ...
2012-04-29 00:15:12
James M. Perry, who covered President Johnson and who was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, reviews the latest volume of Robert Caro's masterwork
2012-04-28 00:57:40
"They tortured or killed the disrupters / of makeover plans they had made / They pledged they had come to bring freedom ..."
2012-04-26 09:04:13
Hallie Ephron, one of the famed Ephron family of writers, gladly is paying for her return trip to Oakmont for the 17th Festival of Mystery.
2012-04-25 10:51:18
The prolific and popular expatriate novelist returns ashore. Two works show his range: from 'masterful storyteller' to cliche trafficker
2012-04-25 10:50:16
Philip Coggan's learned and illuminating analysis is full of arresting -- and counterintuitive -- insights.
2012-04-25 10:49:56
Eloisa James has her grand Paris adventure with hubby and kids in tow. C'est bon!
2012-04-25 10:18:57
Judy Collins often jokes about her upbringing. "I was trained. I wasn't raised. I was trained to show up."
2012-04-24 12:28:53
April is Poetry Month, and there's an abundance of new poetry books for children.
2012-04-23 00:18:19
This is a book about a horse named Pigg, James Pigg that is.
2012-04-19 13:21:49
The day after a new book on the Jerry Sandusky scandal hit the market, an attorney for the Paterno family issued a statement.
2012-04-18 22:33:14
The Paterno family isn't happy about assertions made in a new book on the Sandusky scandal.
