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David Rullo is an award winning journalist and a senior writer at the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. His work has appeared in national and international newspapers, magazines and literary journals. He has spent the better part of five decades exploring and contributing to the city’s art and literary scene. Rullo’s work has been exhibited and heard in Pittsburgh’s cultural district and his bands Digital Buddha, Architects of the Atmosphere and Centrale Electrique have explored the boundaries between electronic music, spoken word, performance art and experimental music. His music can be heard in the score for the art film “The Pittsburgh Nude Project.” Rullo’s collection of poetry, “Tired Scenes from a City Window,” was published in 2015. A Pit ...more

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Welcome to my blog! This is my first blog posting so thanks for reading. Tired Scenes From A City Window is my first collection of poetry. It's mainly beat influenced. It's available at Amazon, Barnesandnoble.com and many local Pittsburgh retailers.
I'll be having a publication kick off event 1/24 at the East End Book Exchange in Bloomfield, PA. I'd love to see you there. Tired Scenes from a City W Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 02, 2015 19:00 • Tags: beat, poetry, tired-scenes-from-a-city-window

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