Rege Behe

Oct 24, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe |Heather Richardson

The discontent that riles American politics was sown in the 1990s. The ascension of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly made much of talk radio, especially in rural areas, the domain of conservative viewpoints. Heather Cox Richardson, an author and professor of 19th-century American history at Boston College, believes that, at the time, multiple factors contributed to the rise of American conservatism.

Oct 22, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe |Vernon Poche |Paul Siefkin

Next year marks exactly two decades since Hurricane Katrina became one of the country’s greatest natural disasters. Over that time, Paul Siefkin believes the tragedy has become lost to younger generations. “That means that there are high school graduates now for whom that's history. And yet, for people in New Orleans, they talk about it like it was yesterday,” Siefkin tells Pittsburgh City Paper.

Sep 30, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe

Mike Watt didn’t intend to write a novel that echoes Zane Grey or Louis L’Amour. The horror author thought his latest book would tred more familiar ground, with zombies, ghosts, and other similar creatures interacting with cowboys. But Watt, a local filmmaker, writer, and journalist who has written for magazines including Fangoria and Cinefastique, didn’t account for Dave Rudabaugh and John Joshua Webb.

Sep 13, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe |Colm Toibin

It’s been well documented that Colm Tóibín never intended to write a sequel to his 2009 novel, Brooklyn. But his latest book, Long Island, revisits the characters and landscapes of that novel, which, in 2015, was adapted into an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan. Both novels are rich in the details of life, especially in Enniscorthy, Ireland, Tóibín’s hometown. But there’s a major difference in the resolution of the novels.

Sep 8, 2024 | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe

George A. Romero Archival Collection, he realized it was something unique: an unfinished novel by the famed horror filmmaker. “I'd never heard of Pay the Piper. Shortly after I found it, no one had heard of it,” Kraus tells Pittsburgh City Paper. “It was really a kind of a secret project, I think. I was really surprised that it existed at all. Set in Louisiana, Pay the Piper (Union Square) is a sprawling tale of intrigue and horror.