Jennifer McCalla reads her profile on her former teacher and a former steelworker Sue Lucas at Tube City Writers Live on June 17, 2021. Photographs by Alyssa Mauer
Tube City Writers
The theme for this year’s event was who inspires you?
Isaiah Johnson’s photograph of Kennywood was one of the 11 images on display at the event.
Mon Valley Photography Collective exhibit at Tube City Writers Live 2021.
Comocrea Johnson, of McKeesport, with her photograph of a butterfly she captured in Renzie Park.
Maria Palmer, of McKeesport.
Jim Busch, of White Oak.
Youth advocate Harold Allen, of McKeesport, was the subject of Nya O’Neal’s profile.
Colette Funches shares her story about librarian Mary Rose Bendel.
Tayler Cleveland wrote about the late journalist author Phyllis Garland.
Nya O’Neal reads her story about longtime McKeesport youth advocate Harold Allen.
Tube City Writers Live 2021 was held on the lawn of the Carnegie Library of Mckeesport.
Ed Boyko, of Glassport, wrote about his childhood dog who eventually captured his mother’s heart.
Jennifer McCalla takes the stage at Tube City Writers Live.