City of Asylum Writer-in-Residence shares a preview of the forthcoming English translation of his 2022 novel, a multi-generational mystery blending Brazilian, Syrian, Polish-Jewish, and West African Muslim threads, in conversation with the work’s Arabic-to-English translator ...
City of Asylum welcomes back longtime friends and partners at Pittsburgh Poetry Collective for a night of poetry competition, audience participation, judge scrutiny, and community connection at the Steel City Poetry Slam ...
Our final America at 250 program offers a personal meditation on and tribute to Black single motherhood from “one of the most important feminist writers of the 21st century” (Brittney Cooper) ...
City of Asylum hosts a screening of a new documentary from director Tony Buba and historian Marcus Rediker, which explores the life and ideas of an unknown radical Quaker dwarf abolitionist Benjamin Lay ...
From the minds of Andrew Swensen and Yan Pang, City of Asylum hosts an expanded showcase of “Shelter,” the story of scars carried from childhood into adulthood, how pain can distort our perception and damage our relationships, and how we find our strength through it.
Christopher Mark Jones returns for an encore of “Montréal Encore,” with a new troupe of fellow musicians putting a diverse spin on compositions of the original album (and a few new mixes!) for a brand new experience.
Anthology contributor Lin Hierse and translator Jon Cho-Polizzi present the first-ever international anthology of contemporary writing on Berlin, presented in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh German Department’s “Germany of Campus” series.
There are some connections you just can’t shake. This November, join Story Club PGH for their monthly Story Slam as storytellers share tales under the umbrella “Ties That Bind.”
All-new compositions inspired by the work of artists such as Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
Prolific author and essayist Jamaica Kincaid shares new PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay–winning collection in conversation with Anderson Tepper.
Sometimes you have it. And sometimes, you just…lose it. This December, join Story Club PGH for their monthly Story Slam as storytellers share tales under the umbrella “Slipped Through My Fingers.”