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Pitt Press Releases

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Date	Author/Book	Release
04/05/13	Dan Rooney and Carol Peterson/Allegheny City	Pittsburgh’s ‘North Side is coming back’ . . . colorful, vibrant and proud
03/31/13	Jan Beatty/The Switching/Yard	Poet continues to explore her obsessions in new collection
03/10/13	Daisy Fried/Women's Poetry	Prize-winning poet delivers energy, wit, and humor in third collection
02/24/13	Elton Glaser/Translations from the Flesh	“Powerful engines” take charge in Ohio poet’s new collection
02/24/13	Charles Harper Webb/What Things Are Made Of	West Coast poet emerges from the literary shadows to center stage
02/24/13	Afaa Michael Weaver/The Government of Nature	Chinese spiritualism inspires second part of poet’s trilogy
02/17/13	Denise Duhamel/Blowout	Romantic love is both celebrated and mourned in poet’s new collection
02/01/13	Anthony Wallace/The Old Priest	Massachusetts author wins 2013 Pitt Press literature prize
12/09/12	Kasey Jueds	Philadelphia author wins 2012 Pitt Press poetry prize
12/02/12	Aaron Smith/Appetite	Poet has ‘appetite’ for masculinity, relationships, and popular culture
11/30/12	Dore Kiesselbach/Salt Pier	Starrett winner’s collection tells of the journey to ‘loving companionship’
11/30/12	Christina Ezrahi/Swans of the Kremlin	Groundbreaking book takes readers inside Russia’s famed ballet troupes
11/25/12	Laura Read/Instructions for My Mother's Funeral	Award winning poems are "riveting and utterly original"
11/18/12	Jeremy Hicks/First Films of the Holocaust	Groundbreaking film study reveals horrors of Nazi rule
10/30/12	Alberto A. Martínez/The Cult of Pythagoras	Texas author’s new book on math myths described as delightful exposé
10/28/12	Colleen McElroy/Here I Throw Down My Heart	Poet’s new volume explores life’s journeys, crossing borders to new ideas
10/21/12	Sharon Dolin/Whirlwind	Whirlwind of divorce is theme of award-winning poet’s new collection
10/07/12	Nicole Terez Dutton/If One of Us Should Fall	Pitt Press publishes 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize winner
9/28/12	Beth Bosworth/The Source of Life and Other Stories	Characters in prize-winning collection ‘do battle with their own worst selves’
6/24/12	David Hamilton/A History of Organ Transplantation	Retired surgeon pens "masterly account" of transplantation history
2/26/12	Paisley Rekdal/Animal Eye	Poet turns to pastoral themes in her new collection
2/22/12	Finley, Glasco, and Trotter/Teenie Harris, Photographer	Pitt to Sponsor Feb. 28 Black History Month Program Launching the New University of Pittsburgh Press Title Teenie Harris: Photographer, a Celebration of the Renowned Pittsburgher's Life and Artistry in Chronicling African American Life
2/12/12	Richard Blanco/Looking for The Gulf Hotel	Latino identity is at the center of poet's new collection
2/5/12	Beth Bosworth/The Source of Life and Other Stories	2012 Drue Heinz Literature Prize awarded to Brooklyn author
1/29/12	Alicia Suskin Ostriker/The Book of Life	Award-winning author explores what it means to be a female Jewish poet
1/29/12	Rick Hilles/A Map of the Lost World	Poet takes his talents to a higher level in second collection
1/29/12	Nathalie Handal/Poet in Andalucía	Poet pays homage to Federico García Lorca in her new collection
1/29/12	MarthaCollins/White Papers	New poetry collection explores what it means to be 'white' in multi-racial world
1/22/12	Ann Jurecic/Illness as Narrative	History of writing about illness challenges the field of literary criticism
12/11/12	Dore Kiesselbach/Salt Pier	Minneapolis poet wins 2011 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize
12/6/11	Jane Stanley/The Rhetoric of Remediation	2011 Winner of the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize from MLA
11/11/11	Tomas Trantrömer/Windows and Stones	University of Pitt Press honors Nobel Prize winner with reissue of poetry collection
10/29/11	Finley, Glasco, and Trotter/Teenie Harris, Photographer	Pitt Press collaborates with art museum for tribute to legendary photographer
10/24/11	Toi Derricotte/The Undertaker's Daughter	Derricotte’s new poetry collection is intimate, intense and visionary
9/30/11	Robert Gangewere/Palace of Culture	New book chronicles contributions of great Pennsylvania philanthropist
9/18/11	Glenn Shaheen/Predatory	Starrett Poetry Prize winner explores our 'perpetual panic'
9/18/11	Wanda Coleman/The World Falls Away	California poet's latest work buzzes with energy, inventiveness
8/28/11	Quan Barry/Water Puppets	Universal image of war is prominent in new award-winning collection
8/28/11	Julia Spicher Kasdorf/Poetry in America	Pennsylvania poet's third volume is 'both intimate and discreet'
8/22/11	Ernesto Capello/City at the Center of the World	New book makes major contribution to historiography of modern Ecuador
5/29/11	Alberto A. Martinez/Science Secrets	Captivating new book takes unique look at historic science myths
3/1/11	Chunglin Kwa/Styles of Knowing	New book makes history of scientific knowledge accessible to general readers