Donna Wojnar Dzurilla
@donnawd.bsky.social
Appalachian fiction writer & poet. Find my work in The Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol XVI, the Northern Appalachian Review, Voices from the Attic anthology series, Wild Wind: Poems & Stories Inspired by Rob’t Earl Keen, and other publications.
Thrilled to have a poem up @The Pittsburgh Quarterly
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Living Grief - Pittsburgh Quarterly
How am I supposed to do this? Your rough hands cup my shouldersyou hold me a step away then kiss me.I know every assaultworking steel made to your body.Pockmarks on the top of your hands from scalds o...
pittsburghquarterly.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thrilled to have a poem up @The Pittsburgh Quarterly
pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/liv...
pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/liv...
Joseph Bathanti: Cletis Pratt voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/28/j...
Joseph Bathanti: Cletis Pratt
First man I ever saw in irons, wearing nothing but a pair of scurvy white long john britches, was Cletis Pratt
voxpopulisphere.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Joseph Bathanti: Cletis Pratt voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/28/j...
Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says www.chronicle.com/article/coll...
Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says
The agency did not define what it meant by DEI efforts, leaving institutions to try to interpret whether their programs are implicated.
www.chronicle.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says www.chronicle.com/article/coll...
Stand for Science. Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
March 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Stand for Science. Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
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Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
January 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
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The Federal Aviation Administration’s leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit.
The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of the biggest crises in its history because he quit before Donald Trump took office.
The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of the biggest crises in its history because he quit before Donald Trump took office.
FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This is good news. But I think that we know not to rely too much on judges.
Please keep calling, urging Congress to use their power proactively to oppose Trump, not to sit hoping that another judge won’t overturn this.
Modified call script below. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
Please keep calling, urging Congress to use their power proactively to oppose Trump, not to sit hoping that another judge won’t overturn this.
Modified call script below. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
January 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is good news. But I think that we know not to rely too much on judges.
Please keep calling, urging Congress to use their power proactively to oppose Trump, not to sit hoping that another judge won’t overturn this.
Modified call script below. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
Please keep calling, urging Congress to use their power proactively to oppose Trump, not to sit hoping that another judge won’t overturn this.
Modified call script below. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
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Always follow the 2 Rogers Rule.
January 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Always follow the 2 Rogers Rule.
Hope you’ll join is in March!
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cityofasylum.org/program/pghw...
PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series - City of Asylum
The Free Association Reading series showcases local writers every month in an intimate reading at City of Asylum.
cityofasylum.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hope you’ll join is in March!
cityofasylum.org/program/pghw...
cityofasylum.org/program/pghw...
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Really good reporting by my friend Brian on health insurers scrubbing information from their sites.
www.pghindependent.com/post/health-...
www.pghindependent.com/post/health-...
Health executives scrubbed from Highmark, UPMC websites after UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
“We believe that keeping the best interests of our patients and members at the center of every decision we make is the best strategy for engendering the good will of those we serve.”
www.pghindependent.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Really good reporting by my friend Brian on health insurers scrubbing information from their sites.
www.pghindependent.com/post/health-...
www.pghindependent.com/post/health-...
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Are you Christmas shopping for the writer in your life? How about buying them the gift of attending the Amesville Writers' Workshop this June. Our instructors Lori Jakiela and John Vercher are incredible.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Are you Christmas shopping for the writer in your life? How about buying them the gift of attending the Amesville Writers' Workshop this June. Our instructors Lori Jakiela and John Vercher are incredible.
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My major novel recommendation for this holiday season is THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES. It is a lyrical, funny, profound, and moving page-turner filled with a vivid sense of place and characters you will not forget. Read more about it here. appalachianreview.net/2024/11/15/t...
Tammy Oberhausen explores family, faith, hypocrisy and doubt in The Evolution of the Gospelettes – Appalachian Review
appalachianreview.net
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
My major novel recommendation for this holiday season is THE EVOLUTION OF THE GOSPELETTES. It is a lyrical, funny, profound, and moving page-turner filled with a vivid sense of place and characters you will not forget. Read more about it here. appalachianreview.net/2024/11/15/t...
RELEASE DAY!
Madville is pleased to announce the release of WILD WIND edited by Sandra and Ron Cooper today!
This anthology of poems and short stories is an homage to Texas singer/song-writer Robert Earl Keen.
Purchase WILD WIND here: madvillepublishing.com/product/wild...
Madville is pleased to announce the release of WILD WIND edited by Sandra and Ron Cooper today!
This anthology of poems and short stories is an homage to Texas singer/song-writer Robert Earl Keen.
Purchase WILD WIND here: madvillepublishing.com/product/wild...
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
RELEASE DAY!
Madville is pleased to announce the release of WILD WIND edited by Sandra and Ron Cooper today!
This anthology of poems and short stories is an homage to Texas singer/song-writer Robert Earl Keen.
Purchase WILD WIND here: madvillepublishing.com/product/wild...
Madville is pleased to announce the release of WILD WIND edited by Sandra and Ron Cooper today!
This anthology of poems and short stories is an homage to Texas singer/song-writer Robert Earl Keen.
Purchase WILD WIND here: madvillepublishing.com/product/wild...
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Ave Maria
Mothers of America
poets.org
November 17, 2024 at 7:08 AM
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This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
November 16, 2024 at 3:04 PM
This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
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Since Pittsburgh is showing up here, gonna drop that Belt has this killer book by @chefstentor.bsky.social coming in March
Pittsburgh in 50 Maps
By Stentor DanielsonMarch 18, 2025 Pittsburgh in 50 Maps offers unique new views of a city at a crossroads—culturally, economically, and demographically. There are countless ways to map a city. Roads,...
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November 13, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Since Pittsburgh is showing up here, gonna drop that Belt has this killer book by @chefstentor.bsky.social coming in March
My husband, Steve, and I were talking about how our fathers would react in the aftermath of this election. Both were family men, decent and kind, and strong union men. Talking about them gave me solace—they lived through wars and times of chaos. They took care of others. We can do this.
November 14, 2024 at 12:41 AM
My husband, Steve, and I were talking about how our fathers would react in the aftermath of this election. Both were family men, decent and kind, and strong union men. Talking about them gave me solace—they lived through wars and times of chaos. They took care of others. We can do this.
