Reading

Nigerian author Samuel Kọ́láwọlé visits City of Asylum to share his debut novel "The Road to the Salt Sea."

City of Asylum writer-in-residence Olena Boryshpolets shares her latest work, accompanied by her fellow artists-in-residence.

Ethiopian-American author Dinaw Mengestu visits City of Asylum to share his latest novel "Someone Like Us."

Memoirists Damon Young, Francine Prose, and Abdelrahman ElGendy discuss the different stages of memoir

Italian author Nicola Lagioia comes to City of Asylum to discuss American and Italian literary scenes and his novel "The City of the Living."

"Affrilachian" poet Frank X Walker visits City of Asylum to discuss life in Appalachia and his latest book "Load in 9 Times."

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Richard Powers shares his latest Booker Prize nominated novel, "Playground"

Terrance Hayes returns to Pittsburgh for this reading and relaunch of the International Poetry Forum at City of Asylum.

Author Sandra Cisneros celebrates the 40th anniversary of her renowned novel "The House on Mango Street."

Authors Joseph Earl Thomas and Aaron Robertson discuss the reality and utopia of Black life and its representation in their respective novels.