Excited to see 3 (!!!) @upittpress.bsky.social poets on this incredible list: Angela Ball, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and Larry Levis!

1996 was a good year

Selling books and enjoying this N/A beer from fellow vendor, Athletic Brewing Co.

All set up at the Allegheny Sport and Outdoor Summit Expo! Find us in between Steel City Squash and Yinz Run Club. 11-6pm at Rockwell Park, free entry! www.alleghenysport.com

Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

A celebration of Ed Ochester’s life and legacy reveals how a poet from Queens transformed Pittsburgh’s literary scene. By @kcollins1974.bsky.social. pghrev.com/king-cool-ed...

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

“The feeling of wonder is not just the feeling of awe, the captivation of wild landscapes or the sun falling under the ocean’s rim at twilight. Wonder is a quiet strum in a churchyard with a tender hound bounding after rabbits.” An excerpt from CE Mackenzie's ACHY AFFECTS. pghrev.com/wonder-drug/

Loved this poetry book so much! It was an honor to judge.

Every October for Halloween I transform my studio into a retro VHS rental place with tapes for sale from vintage friends; it's a ton of work and so much fun. The Grand Opening is this Saturday, 12-4pm with vintage horror paperback seller The Bookubus and I'd love it if you came! 517 Greenfield Ave.

"a well-written biography that will persuade Wilson’s admirers to revisit his plays and introduce his work to a new generation of fans." Terrific pre-pub review of August Wilson's American Century: Life as Art (on sale 2/10/26) www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Autumn House had a great time hanging out with @alternatehistories.bsky.social for National Read a Book Day! Thanks to Matt for hosting us and naming AHP as the nonprofit for the September "Give Back" program--this means they'll be donating 10% of their in-person sales to the press. 🧡

“Pitt [Poetry Series] is, to me, the shit.” - Ross Gay, celebrating the life and editorship of Ed Ochester

Welcome to the world, Pittsburgh Review of Books! pghrev.com

Nice to see @upittpress.bsky.social author Brian Gyamfi’s poet debut, What God in the Kingdom of Bastards on this list, along with @tyler-m.bsky.social My Prisoner and other Stories, both out this month! debutiful.net/2025/09/01/1...

This social media site will not and cannot succeed until everybody pats me on the head and tells me I’m a good boy for all my opinions

Mubanga Kalimamukwento Wins 2025 Firecracker Award for Fiction - JAY Lit jaylit.com/mubanga-kali...

The winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Fiction is OBLIGATIONS TO THE WOUNDED by Mubanga Kalimamukwento, published by @upittpress.bsky.social! upittpress.org/books/978082...

Part memoir, part rhetoric study, Achy Affects considers how the ideas of harm reduction intersect with being trans. Really proud to help usher this book into the world.

Happy pub day to Achy Affects: Crisis and Compositions of Selfhood by CE Mackenzie Achy Affects is a trans-genre memoir that boldly reimagines how we care for ourselves and our communities amidst relentless cultural, political, and ecological upheavals. Order here: upittpress.org/books/978082...

Think about all the incredible writers you know who can’t get any publicity but James Fucking Frey gets the front page glow up in the Sunday NY Times, called a “literary outlaw” for making shit up in a book billed as non-fiction, and a whole paragraph devoted to him describing his orgasms.

Great to see Kent State University Press alongside our friends at @upittpress.bsky.social, @uakronpress.bsky.social, and Cleveland State University Poetry Center in this writeup of poetry publishing in the Rust Belt!

"We can be of our region and communities while also being part of a larger thing—whether that be American poetry, university press publishing, or just publishing in general.” Read “A Rust Belt Poetry Renaissance” by Rose Bialer. beltmag.com/a-rust-belt-...

Galleys available for Galileo’s Fame by @annalunapost.bsky.social With this book, Anna-Luna Post offers a welcome new perspective on the volatile dynamic between early modern fame and science in Italy, shifting the focus from the recipient of fame to its brokers. upittpress.org/books/978082...

An honor to appear in @publisherswkly.bsky.social with Daniel Slager, @chadwpost.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social (and his mustache!) + other indie press greats who echoed my feeling that the NEA hit is survivable, downstream funding effects are scary. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

GRAPE - Gift Received, Announced Pardon Early PORK - Presidential Order Rewarding Kleptocracy BACON - Barron Accepted, College Officially Normalized MILK - Maliciously Ignorant, Like Kennedy MACKEREL - Musk Around: Conceal Ketamine, Ecstasy, Ritalin, Ephedrine, LSD

depressed alcoholic detective from america: hard pass. tedious. not interested depressed alcoholic detective from scandinavia: source of endless fascination. possibly the most compelling character in literature

Congrats to Sheila Crane, whose book, City in the Shadow of Shantytown. A Critical History of Bidonville, we're honored to publish in the Spring 2026! www.arch.virginia.edu/news/center-...

Submissions are open for the Drue Heinz Literature Prize! Deadline is 6/30/25. The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The winner receives $15,000, details here: upittpress.org/prize/drue-h...

Power’s out. Time to drink a Manhattan and read on the patio. If I must.

just me and the trees and the ferns today

Just 15 years ago Chicago newspapers had robust books coverage written by full-time, salaried staff. Now they have GPT hallucinations edited by no one.

Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.

an Army Navy on the patio

Looking for a gift for Mother's Day with a little Pittsburgh flair? Consider the book lanching this week,"Andy Warhol's Mother: The Woman Behind the Artist" by Elaine Rusinko. Through Rusinko's work, Julia Warhola emerges as tenacious, persnickety and personally artistic.

"I think writers are eavesdroppers". Terrific interview with Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Mubanga Kalimamukwento about her writing motivations and process. She also recently passed the Minnesota Bar Exam! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMCH...

The road to a Pulitzer Prize was a surprisingly bumpy one for Percival Everett’s acclaimed novel “James.”

Exclusive cover reveal and Q&A for What God in the Kingdom of Bastards by Brian Gyamfi over at @debutiful.bsky.social! debutiful.net/2025/05/06/7...

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

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welcome to Pittsburgh, #ASEH2025! while you're here, stop by the @upittpress.bsky.social booth in the exhibit hall to say hello, look at some books, and chat about food, drinks, & places to see. and remember, when you get home, speak not of the wonders you have seen here

Photo taken by my aunt: Abilene, Texas rises up. #HandsOff

"I think it’s important to publish scholarship alongside poetry & to keep the two in figurative conversation in our collective consciousness, as well as physical proximity on the shelves of bookshops," @arianab.bsky.social writes @LiteraryHub https://bit.ly/42oN1OH this week....

AWP LA book haul

AWP Day 1 in the books. Decompression cocktail: a Paper Plane

Checked another museum off the list today. Great afternoon at the Los Angeles County Art Museum.