PGH Memoir Panel
Event description
PGH Memoir Panel: Lori Jakiela, Frank Santoro, David Newman, & JoAnne Klimovich Harrop
Moderated by Carl Kurlander | Building: Long Hall | Room: John Knox | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
After the presentation, the author will be signing books in a tent outside next to the Information Tent.
Their books will be available at the bookstore in the atrium of Long Hall
Biographies
JoAnne Klimovich Harrop is an award-winning features writer for TribLive who celebrated 26 years with the company in October. She writes about interesting people, food, real estate, arts and entertainment and things to do in the city. JoAnne is a Sacred Heart High School and Pennsylvania State University graduate. A native of Greenfield, she lives in Scott Township with her husband Perry.
Lori Jakiela is the author of seven books, including Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe, which received the Saroyan Prize for International Literature from Stanford University. Her most recent book, They Write Your Name on a Grain of Rice: On Cancer, Love, and Living Even So, was published by Atticus in 2023. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more.
Dave Newman is the author of seven books, including The Same Dead Songs: a memoir of working-class addictions (J.New Books, 2023). He lives in Trafford, PA, the last town in the Electric Valley, and is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Greensburg.
Frank Santoro is an artist and author from the Swissvale neighborhood of Pittsburgh. His book, PITTSBURGH, was published by New York Review of Comics (NYRB) in 2019. His work has been exhibited at The Academy of Arts and Letters in New York and the Archaeological Museum of Napoli in Italy.