Maggie Medoff

Welcome, and thanks for stopping by :). As a nonfiction writer, I'm committed to telling stories that empower the voices of local business owners, artists, students, and community members. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Nonfiction Writing and Anthropology. I'm originally from Maryland, but I've been living in Pittsburgh for several years now (still getting used to "yinz"). 

I have experience with journalistic writing and reporting, copywriting and editing, and social media management, and my work has been published in several magazines and newspapers, both online and in print. I'm currently an Account Executive at WordWrite, where I've worked for over two years, helping complex service providers tell their stories and execute effective marketing and PR strategies. 

Shoot me a message over email or any of my socials linked above to learn more about my work, or share opportunities to collaborate. 

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Music as a Mirror: An Interview with Hanif Abdurraqib | Sampsonia Way Magazine

Music as a Mirror: An Interview with Hanif Abdurraqib Hanif Abdurraqib visited City of Asylum in early February to read from his new book Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, a collection of essays about A Tribe Called Quest’s rap legacy, the history and development of jazz, and Abdurraqib’s own relationship with music. Abdurraqib grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where he currently resides. He is the author of the poetry collection The Crown Ain’t Worth Much and the essay collection T
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Happy Labor, Sad Labor: An Interview with Ross Gay | Sampsonia Way Magazine

In February, Ross Gay visited Alphabet City to launch his newest release, The Book of Delights, an essay collection in which he explores the ordinary and beautiful moments, things, and people he encounters in his day-to-day life. Prior to his reading, he took the time to visit with Sampsonia Way staff writers Sarah Gross and Maggie Medoff to chat about his writing practice, the brilliance of his students, and his ever-widening range of delights. [Spoiler Alert: There’s joy in losing your cell ph
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What Writers are Reading: Osama Alomar | Sampsonia Way Magazine

Born in Damascus, Syria in 1968 and now living in Pittsburgh via Chicago, Osama Alomar is one of the most well-respected Arabic poets writing today, and a prominent practitioner of the Arabic al-qisa al-qasira jiddan, the “very short story.” He is the author of Fullblood Arabian in English, as well as three collections of short stories and a volume of poetry in Arabic. Alomar’s first full-length collection of stories, The Teeth of the Comb, was published by New Directions in April 2017. His shor