Pittsburgh Review of Books
Online/Digital
The Pittsburgh Review of Books publishes engaged, incisive, and smart cultural criticism and analysis.
True to its name, PRoB tackles problems, evaluates probabilities, and problematizes issues. An interdisciplinary humanities periodical housed in Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and published by the English Department, PRoB features essays, reviews, interviews, and excerpts that engage with salient and pressing issues. True to Pittsburgh’s historical reputation for hard work and creativity, PRoB is committed to the democratic, visionary, and inclusive values that have defined this city at its best. Source
Actions
Media Outlet details
| Scope | Local |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Country | N/A |
Similarweb UVM
|
Request pricing |
Comscore UVM
|
Request pricing |
Recent Articles
Search ArticlesThe Craft of Verse with Ryan Teitman - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In Ryan Teitman's recent poetry collection Paperweight, winner of the 2024 Akron Poetry Prize, words are strange creatures. Their sounds enchant, and their meaning hangs by the frailest thread of the social contract. In a modern corporate office, fruit flies, roaches, and cats colonize cubicles, as a worker spins in her chair and "said 'portfolio' over and / over again as if I were working a block of clay.
The Catholic Provocations of Renée Cox - Pittsburgh Review of Books
On Tuesday, February 20, 2001, photographer Renée Cox joined the stage to debate William Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, a conservative lay organization founded in 1973 with a stated mission to defend the rights of Roman Catholics. The event-called "Exploring the 'Yo Mama' Controversy: Art, Outrage, and the First Amendment"-was organized by the First Amendment Center and held in midtown Manhattan.
The Most Commercial Cup - Pittsburgh Review of Books
This year's Fédération Internationale de Football Association -FIFA for short- (men's) World Cup is the largest ever and arguably the most controversial for events on the field.
Fascism's American Origins - Pittsburgh Review of Books
In July 1863 at Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln declared that those Union soldiers who gave the last full measure of devotion had fought for the nation's "new birth of freedom." Historians agree. The Civil War did not restore the status quo before the southern rebellion: it amounted to a second founding (to use the words of the great historian, Eric Foner). Another historian of the era, Manisha Sinha, calls it the beginning of a Second American Republic.
My Pelé Lunchbox - Pittsburgh Review of Books
I still have my Pelé lunchbox - although my earliest memory of it is when I thought I would need to throw it away. On a steaming summer afternoon in 1977 - my
Down and Out with Willy Vlautin - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Author Willy Vlautin experiences a recurring problem in his novel drafting process. Because it seems fun, he often takes a sharp turn that upends the draft and wastes a year of work. "I fall apart," he told me in an early June interview on Zoom. "I quit drinking. I start exercising. I'm just trying to get my brain hopefully firing a little better." To rein in impulses that put him off track, Vlautin returns again and again to a particular kind of discipline.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley at Hemingway's - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Over this summer PRoB will be featuring the work of upcoming readers that will be appearing at Pittsburgh's venerable Hemingway's Poetry Series, now
The Cultural Trauma of Appalachia - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Throughout my years of clinical work in Appalachia, there has been a consistent pattern of shame correlated with the belief that personal suffering can only be explained by personal failure. Clients like Joe, shamed for being a hillbilly, or Charlie, paying a tragic personal price for structural failure. Marcy truly believed that if she were patient and understanding, her boyfriend would keep his promises. The shame doesn't come from the circumstances.
"Magnifica Humanitas" and Bullshit Jobs - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Pope Leo's Encyclical Letter " Magnifica Humanitas: on Safeguarding the Human Person in the time of Artificial Intelligence," published 15 May 2026, outlines the Catholic theology of the dignity of the worker as a countermand to the widespread cultural upheavals attending AI's advent.
Parliamentary Microcosm - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Becoming acquainted with the practices and workings of the European Parliament can be a bewildering experience for newly elected MEPs. In his memoir The