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“This book examines how Black women navigate and reclaim space in a city often deemed unlivable for them. Through personal stories and community case studies, it highlights fearless speech, love, and community as tools for resistance and collective liberation.”

“During a festive holiday trip, Molly and Alex try to play matchmaker for their friend Cora while grappling with post-college fears and secrets they have been keeping from each other.”

“For more than a decade, ‘Belt Magazine’ has published reporting and essays that are of the Rust Belt, by the Rust Belt, and for the Rust Belt. In 2023, the site covered the repurposing of old churches and steel mill art festivals, labor struggles and baseball comebacks, Trent Reznor and the queer witches of Appalachia, and as always testimonials from those living on the outskirts of society.”

“A Pittsburgh steel heiress, a world-renowned artist, and a Chinese Bishop on the run from communist authorities cross paths due to a set of spellbinding circumstances put in motion more than 100 years ago. The first clues of their story are discovered when the author’s boyhood travels in the early 1970s lead him to a series of amazing structures hidden in the woods outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.”

“Exploring Pittsburgh’s ups & downs. In Pittsburgh, the elevation varies wildly, fluctuating more than 600 feet from highest to lowest points throughout the area, making it one of the hilliest cities in the United States.”