F...for Forbes Field, home of the Pirates and earlier the Steelers when they were named the Pirates. Razed in 1970 to make room for a new law building at Pitt....My brother and I went to the last two games at Forbes Field, a doubleheader against the Cubs which the Bucs swept. It was standing room only, and after the last out, people whipped out their pliers and screwdrivers, unbolted whole rows of seats and walked them out the centerfield gate and away.”
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Graduate Faculty Assignments 2019-2020
Below is a list of faculty who'll be teaching in the MFA program in the next two academic years, along with the graduate courses they'll be teaching each semester; all are subject to change. For the most current information, check on PeopleSoft or with Sarah Baumann in the English office: Seb171@pitt.edu :
Fall 2019
Dawn Lundy Martin -- ENGWRT 2210 Poetry Workshop, TBA
Angie Cruz -- ENGWRT 2010 Fiction Workshop, TBA
Fiona Cheong -- ENGWRT 2094 Readings in Contemporary Fiction, TBA
Peter Trachtenberg -- ENGWRT 2510 Nonfiction Workshop: Structures and Techniques, TBA
Spring 2020 (tentative)
Irina Reyn --ENGWRT 2010 Fiction Workshop, TBA
Yona Harvey -- ENGWRT 2290 Readings in Contemporary Poetry, TBA
Rickey Laurentiis -- ENGWRT 2210 Poetry Workshop, TBA
Jeanne Marie Laskas -- ENGWRT 2310 Nonfiction Workshop, TBA
Peter Trachtenberg -- ENGWRT 2390 Readings in Contemporary Nonfiction, TBA
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