Editing Pittsburgh (section)

===Literature===
{{See also|List of fiction set in Pittsburgh|List of films shot in Pittsburgh|List of television shows shot in Pittsburgh}}
[[File:PittsburghCarnegieLibrarymainbranch.jpg|thumb|[[Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh]] Main Branch in Oakland]]

Pittsburgh is the birthplace of notable writers such as [[Gertrude Stein]] and [[Rachel Carson]], a [[Chatham University]] graduate from the suburb of [[Springdale, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Carson__Rachel_Louise.html |title=Rachel Louise Carson |work=Pennsylvania Center for the Book |access-date=January 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611135106/http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Carson__Rachel_Louise.html|archive-date=June 11, 2010 |date=Fall 2003}}</ref> Modern writers include [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning playwright [[August Wilson]], as well as [[Michael Chabon]], who writes about student and college life in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=August Wilson {{!}} Biography, Plays, Movies, Ma Rainey, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/August-Wilson |access-date=January 17, 2023 |website=Britannica |language=en}}</ref> Two-time Pulitzer winner and recipient of the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], [[David McCullough]], was born and raised in Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jerome L. |last=Sherman |title=Presidential biographer gets presidential medal |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2006/12/16/Presidential-biographer-gets-presidential-medal/stories/200612160100 |website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=December 16, 2006 |access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> Pulitzer Prize-winning author [[Annie Dillard]], whose memoir ''An American Childhood'' takes place in post-World War II Pittsburgh, also hails from the city.

Award-winning author [[John Edgar Wideman]], who grew up in Pittsburgh, has based several books in the city, including ''Brothers and Keepers''. Poet [[Terrance Hayes]], winner of the 2010 National Book Award and a 2014 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, earned his MFA at the University of Pittsburgh and was a faculty member there. Other local poets include [[Michael Simms (publisher)|Michael Simms]], founder of [[Autumn House Press]], and [[Samuel John Hazo]], Pennsylvania's first poet laureate. Contemporary writers like [[Kathleen Tessaro]], author of novels such as ''Elegance'', ''The Perfume Collector'', and ''Rare Objects'', and new authors including [[Chris Kuzneski]] and Brian Celio, who captures Pittsburgh's "Yinzer" dialect, contribute to the city's vibrant literary tradition. Pittsburgh's unique literary style extends to playwrights,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/19981011playw2.asp |title=The write stuff |publisher=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=October 11, 1998 |access-date=December 4, 2021 |first=John |last=Hayes |archive-date=January 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118153645/https://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/19981011playw2.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as local graffiti and hip hop artists.

Pittsburgh's position as the birthplace for community-owned television and networked commercial television helped spawn the modern children's show genres exemplified by ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV series)|Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', ''[[Happy's Party]]'', ''[[Cappelli & Company]]'', and ''[[The Children's Corner]]'', all nationally broadcast.

The ''[[Pittsburgh Dad]]'' series has showcased the [[Pittsburghese]] genre to a global YouTube audience since 2011.

The modern fantasy, macabre and science fiction genre was popularized by director [[George A. Romero]], television's [[Bill Cardille]] and his ''[[Chiller Theatre (Pittsburgh)|Chiller Theatre]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chillertheatermemories.com |title=Welcome to Chiller Theater Memories! |publisher=Chillertheatermemories.com |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> director and writer [[Rusty Cundieff]] and makeup effects guru [[Tom Savini]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.savini.com |title=SAVINI.COM: The Official Tom Savini Home page |publisher=Savini.com |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> The genre continues today with the PARSEC science fiction organization,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parsec-sff.org/links.html |title=PARSEC: Pittsburgh's Premiere Science Fiction Organization |publisher=Parsec-sff.org |date=November 5, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512090859/http://parsec-sff.org/links.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref> The It's Alive Show, the annual "Zombie Fest",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revenantmagazine.com/MarkMenoldinterview.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512030939/http://www.revenantmagazine.com/MarkMenoldinterview.htm|archive-date=May 12, 2008 |title=Revenant: The Premiere Zombie Magazine – Features |work=Revenantmagazine.com |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> and several writer's workshops including Write or Die,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://word.pghfree.net/ |title=Write or Die: A Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Group |website=Word.pghfree.net |date=January 1, 2010 |access-date=May 24, 2016}}</ref> Pittsburgh SouthWrites,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interzone.com/~jafriedl/SW/sowrites.htm |title=Pittsburgh South Writes Homepage |publisher=Interzone.com |access-date=January 5, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025142835/http://www.interzone.com/~jafriedl/SW/sowrites.htm |archive-date = October 25, 2007}}</ref> and Pittsburgh Worldwrights<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pw.html/ |title=Pittsburgh Worldwrights |publisher=Cs.cmu.edu |date=May 27, 2005 |access-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990420000917/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pw.html|archive-date=April 20, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Rodger Turner, Webmaster |url=http://www.sfsite.com/02b/msl122.htm |title=The SF Site: A Conversation With Mary Soon Lee |publisher=Sfsite.com |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> with [[Barton Paul Levenson]], [[Kenneth Chiacchia]] and [[Elizabeth Humphreys Penrose]].