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Klara and the Sun

Book Review: Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun is the kind of novel that feels deceptively restrained until you realize it has completely rearranged the way you think about humanity, love, and loneliness. Told
June 1, 2026

Love Languages are Out

For a solid decade, the five love languages became the unofficial personality test of modern romance. People identified themselves by them. Weaponized them. Put them in dating app bios. Entire relationships were
June 1, 2026

Book Review: Julia

There is something unsettling about reading a book when you already know how it ends. That’s the tension running underneath Julia by Sandra Newman, a retelling of George Orwell’s classic 1984. You
April 1, 2026

Book Review: Discontent

Discontent, and the Cost of Being Fine: Beatriz Serrano reflects on the subtle but corrosive misalignment of modern life.
January 1, 2026

Grace, Grit, and Gospel Roots

On December 13, Nashville recording artist Becca Bowen brings her signature mix of southern charm and stage fire to Pittsburgh for Santa on the Scene, theCITYSCENE magazine’s inaugural holiday gala benefiting UPMC
November 1, 2025
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Small Acts, Great Weight

Every so often, a book comes along that whispers instead of shouts — and somehow its quiet is what stays with you. Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is exactly that kind
November 1, 2025
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