Scott Silsbe

Scott Silsbe was born in Detroit. He now lives in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. His poems have been collected in four books: Unattended Fire, The River Underneath the City, Muskrat Friday Dinner, and Meet Me Where We Survive. He is also an editor at Low Ghost Press.

The Very Thing That I am Looking For

“For years now, I’ve considered powerhouse writers Lori Jakiela and Dave Newman to be inspirational and essential contributors to the literary landscape of Pittsburgh and beyond.”

by Scott Silsbe
September 24, 2026

The Past and the Present Are Together as One

“I was trying to articulate how Jason Irwin’s book, ‘These Fragments I Have Shored,’ is the kind of literature I most admire, the kind that is the most important to me as a reader.”

by Scott Silsbe
May 11, 2026

Judith Vollmer’s Poetics of Image and Imagination, Sound and Memory

“This bringing together of disparate influences, the merging of multiple inspirations to forge a new world is something of a Vollmer signature.”

by Scott Silsbe
March 9, 2026

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