Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Pittsburgh hosting Prague Writers' Festival

FILE - In this April 27, 2004 file photo, author E.L. Doctorow smiles during an interview in his office at New York University. The Prague Writers' Festival opens in Pittsburgh on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, the first time the event is being held in the United States. E.L. Doctorow, known for works including "Ragtime" and "Billy Bathgate, is slated to read excerpts of his new novel, "Andrew's Brain," at the festival. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) PITTSBURGH (AP) — The decision to hold the world-renowned Prague Writers' Festival in western Pennsylvania isn't as unlikely as it seems, considering the festival's home base was once the capital of a nation born 95 years ago in a Loyal Order of Moose lodge in Pittsburgh.








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