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Lee Gutkind admits it, with a kind of relish: He used to lie about his age.At some point in his late middle years, the author and creative-nonfiction guru…
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Among comics fans, Jack Kirby is legendary. But as the singular artist originally responsible for much of the multibillion-dollar entity we now call the…
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A former librarian and a bookseller who pleaded guilty in the theft of rare books from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in a years-long scheme have been…
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On today's program: A local author revisits the motivations behind one of history's most influential political wives; some big businesses in Pittsburgh…
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Andy Warhol was one of 20th-century art’s great success stories. He was born in 1928 as Andrew Warhola, the son of working-class Eastern European…
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“For me, it began with the mouse poop,” writes Sarah Menkedick. She was pregnant, living in an Ohio cabin that had mice. Almost overnight -- and after…
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More than 5,000 people are serving life sentences in Pennsylvania prisons, without the possibility of release. Ralph “Malakki” Bolden is one of them. He…
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A veteran of social activism since the 1960s is coming to Pittsburgh to help organizers of the future.George Lakey is a life-long activist whose first…
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Sara Bir is a chef, writer, and self-proclaimed plant nerd. Her new book, "The Fruit Forager’s Companion: Ferments, Desserts, Main Dishes, and More from…
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A library archivist and an antique bookseller are charged with stealing millions of dollars' worth of rare books, illustrations, maps and photographs from…