Audiobook The Soul of Pittsburgh: Essays on Life, Community and History by Ed Simon in the ListenBook app
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Book description
"Europe stretches to the Alleghenies, America lies beyond." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "They are my people and this is my town and it does my heart good just to be here." - Art Rooney Sr. What does it mean to be from Pittsburgh? Author Ed Simon explores the nature of the Yinzer and how the Steel City shapes anyone who is fortunate to call it home.
About the Author
Ed Simon is a staff writer for The Millions, which the New York Times has called "the indispensable literary site." A widely published and prolific freelance writer who holds a PhD in English from Lehigh University, his work has appeared in most major American literary and journalistic sites. He is also the author of several published books, including Furnace of This World: Or, 36 Observations about Goodness and Printed in Utopia: The Renaissance's Radicalism, both released by Zero Books. In April of 2021, Belt Publishing will be releasing his short An Alternative History of Pittsburgh and Broadleaf Books will be releasing his coedited anthology The God Beat: What Journalism Says about Faith and Why it Matters in June of 2021. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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