Review: The Swallowtail Project

Posted on April 14th, 2012 by admin

Each Monday at 7 pm the August Wilson Reading Round Table takes place in downtown Pittsburgh. This is a free event opened to the public set in the intimate setting of the August Wilson Center for African-American History (AWC). The readings to have the chance to hear readings of Pittsburgh native August Wilson plays by [...]

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City of Asylum’s Poetry as Performance

Posted on May 4th, 2012 by admin

Henry Reese of the City of Asylum/Pittsburgh welcomed the members of the audience who were comfortably squeezed into the host space of North Side’s Metropolitan Baptist Church. It was Tuesday, April 24, 2012 and the audience anxiously awaited the start of the evening’s event, Poetry as Performance with featured artists Keoprapetse Kgositsile, the 2006 Poet [...]

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Soul Pitt interviews Leslie “Ezra” Smith

Posted on October 30th, 2011 by admin

Soul Pitt Interview with Leslie “Ezra” Smith author of Journey of a Teardrop   Bonita: What inspired the title of your book, Journey of a Teardrop?  L.E.Smith: Actually, the title was recommended to me by Akia Williams, the mother of my son, Amaru. After sharing thoughts with her about what I was hoping to be able [...]

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