VenueFrick Fine Arts Auditorium 

Date02/26/2013 

Time8:30 PM - 10:00 PM  

Event TypeReading 

GenreNon-fiction 

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Cost $0.00
 

Description and Reader Names: SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS is a writer whose work has appeared in Transition, The New York Times, Harper’s, Vogue, and Essence, among others. She has received awards from the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Originally from Houston, Texas, she graduated from Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar in the UK. Rhodes-Pitts is writing a trilogy on African-Americans and utopia; her first book, Harlem Is Nowhere, was published by Little, Brown & Co. and by Granta Books (UK). It was named among 100 Notable Books of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Since 2009, Rhodes-Pitts has instigated projects and collaborations at the crossroads of art and social justice under the auspices of The Freedwomen’s Bureau.

Primary Contact PersonPittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series 

Primary Contact Emailhesse@pitt.edu 

Telephone4126246508 

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Is this an open mic event? No 

Is this a book signing? Yes 

Will author's books be for sale? Yes 

Address 1Schenley Drive 

Address 2Oakland 

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CityPittsburgh 

StatePA 

Zip15260 

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AuthorUniversity of Pittsburgh Writing Program  

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Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/PittWriters 

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