The railroad tracks linking this bridge on Braddock with the one over Homewood Avenue separate Homewood from the once predominantly white neighborhoods along its southern edge. When we lived on Finance Street those tracks marked one border of my world...my sleep was couched in the rhythm of trains. Some nights I'd lie awake waiting for the crash of steel wheels, for the iron fist to grab me and shake me, for the long, echoing silence afterward to carry me away.”
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Graduate students in the writing program are, in many ways, like a writers’ colony. Both within and outside of the classroom, our students tend to create a close and supportive community. In addition to the support that our students provide one another, the Department, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the University of Pittsburgh offer an extensive array of academic, professional, and social opportunities for graduate students and their families. To find out more about life as a Pitt graduate student, visit the following links:
- School of Arts & Sciences Grad Guide
- Graduate Studies Guide to Pittsburgh
- Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
- Cool Pittsburgh
- Diversity at Pitt
- English Department Faculty
- Graduate and Professional Opportunities
- Graduate Handbook
- Graduate Studies at Pitt
- School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Studies
- TA/TF/GSA Policy
- Thesis Templates
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