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UPWords Reading Series
Monthly reading series curated by Damian Dressick
Second Friday of every month (September through May)
7pm to 9pm in the Atrium of the Union Project
801 N Negley Avenue, in Pittsburgh

This free event features both local and nationally acclaimed writers. Coffee is provided by the Union Project's Youth Barista Program in concert with Starbucks, and snacks are sponsored by Whole Foods. Past events have featured Jane Bernstein, Jason Irwin, Lori Jakiela, Stacey Waite, Keely Bowers, Jay Carson, James Harms, Jim Daniels, Jan Beatty, Sarah Williams, Kirk Nesset, Lewis Nordan, Faith Adiele, Barbara Edelman, Cathy Day, John Lawson, Deb Bogen, Kevin Stewart, Tayari Jones, Leslie Ann Mcilroy, Lamont Steptoe, John Hoppenthaler, Sharon McDermott, and Lalita Noronha.


 


Upcoming 

Ab Initio (upcoming in the Dos Passos Review)
This Is Not a Story About Last Chances (upcoming in JMWW)

Published

Accrual (Issue #55 of Gargoyle Magazine, Winter 2009 (nominated for a Pushcart Prize))
 
I Know You Rider (online, Issue IV, Volume 1 of Connotation Press, December 2009)
 
Stripper (Issue One of blue-eyed boy bait, Fall 2009)
 
Scalene (online, Issue 27 of Right Hand Pointing, July 2009)
 
In the Land Between the Valley and the Hills, What Men Said, They Meant (online, Hobart, July 2009)
 
The Food Speakers (Issue 8 of Alimentum, Summer 2009)
   
A Small Important Moment at the Corner of Hollywood and Fairfax (online, 751 Magazine, May 2009)
   
Possessions (online, Paper Street, May 2009)
   
Quitting with Jimmy (New Delta Review, Spring 2009)
   
Four Ways of Looking at Nashville (Kudzu, Spring 2009)
   
Fable of the Deconstruction #473: Jameson on Polish Hill (online, Snow Monkey, March 2009)
   
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Your Cousin Who's in Prison (Issue #2 of Weave Magazine, May 2009)
   
Color Scheme (online, 5_TROPE, February 2009)
   
In Order to Live (online, DOGZPLOT, February 2009)
   
A User's Guide to Bringing My Ex-Girlfriend Shelley to Orgasm (online, Pindeldyboz, November 2008)
   
Ice Water, Here on Earth (Pittsburgh City Paper, September 25, 2008)
   
Jesus in 42 (online, failbetter.com, June 2008)
   
He Needs Your Help! (online, TPQ Online, January 2008)
   
The Devil Has All the Best Tunes (online, LauraHird.com, Winter/Spring 2008)
   
Cleanliness (StoryGlossia, December 2007)
   
If I Could Only Tell You One Story (Caketrain 05, November 2007)
   
Shopping (online, GHOTI, Issue 12, November 2007)
   
Kampala 2012 (online, Contrary Magazine, Autumn 2007)
   
Four Hard Facts About Water (online, Vestal Review, July 2007, (nominated for a Pushcart Prize))
   
Breakfast at Bethany's (online, 63 Channels, June/July 2007)
   
Victory (online, Brilliant! Quarterly, June 2007)
   
Oooops! (55 Word Stories online journal, May 2007)
   
Another Night With Jim (online, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, April 2007)
   
Showing Walter's House (online, 3711 Atlantic, April 2007)
   
Ten Important Facts About Fire (online, flashquake, Spring 2007)
   
The Fungible Trajectories of Carol (online, Word Riot, 2007)
   
That's a Code 60, Dispatch (online, Mud Luscious, 2007)
   
Fall Line (online, The Aroostook Review, Summer 2006)