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Jan Beatty

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jan Beatty’s books include The Switching/Yard (2013), Red Sugar (2008), Boneshaker (2002), and Mad River (1995), published by University of Pittsburgh Press.

Black and white headshot of writer Jan Beatty in front of a crosswalk.
Thomas Sayers Ellis

By Jan Beatty

Column 072

My Father Teaches Me to Dream