The Pittsburgh Anthology

A part of Belt's City Anthology Series. This collection is stimulating for insiders and outsiders alike, a portrait . . . designed to be from-the-streets, warts-and-all.--Pittsburgh City PaperPittsburgh is ever-changing--once dusted with soot from the mills, parts of the city now gleam with the polish of new technologies, and little remains of what had been there before. The essays and artwork in this anthology aim to capture the surprising, elusive stories that have come to define this city in transition. Editor Eric Boyd brings together over forty essays, poems, photographs, and artworks from Pittsburgh natives and transplants. In these pages, you'll find:- LaToya Ruby Frazier, Portraits of Braddock by LaToya Ruby Frazier, MacArthur-award winning photographer- Melanie Cox McCluskey on the Mt. Washington Monument- Paintings of Steelers fans and the Jenkins Arcade- 15-year-old Nico Chiod, chronicling the doings of the North Side Banjo Club.Everyone in this book, writes Boyd, is talking