Kristofer Collins

Colter Harper examines the jazz clubs of the Hill District and Benjamin Herold interrogates the dream of suburbia.

A debut poetry collection from Dorian Hairston tells the life story of Pittsburgh great Josh Gibson, while Lynn Emanuel displays rage and sadness in some of her finest work.

Book editor Kristofer Collins reviews a new biography of playwright August Wilson, and an inside look at the little-discussed working conditions experienced in the tech industry.

Pittsburgh Magazine: Restaurants, Best of, Entertainment, Doctors, Sports, Weddings

Books Editor Kristofer Collins reviews Richard St. John’s “Book of Entangled Souls.”

Plans are underway to celebrate all things books in one of the nation’s ‘most literate cities.’

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.

Book Reviews: ‘Playing Through the Whistle: Steel|!!| Football|!!| and an American Town’|!!| Sports Illustrated senior writer S.L. Price has created not only a thorough history of high school football in Aliquippa but also a meticulous chronicle of the labor movement and the rise and fall of industrial America.