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As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Bertha runs a Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth, played by Cedric the Entertainer, in 1911 and is part of an ensemble of Black characters a generation removed from enslavement.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Not until the night of Saturday, June 24—a full week after the battle—did an express rider gallop up to the boardinghouse on Second Street where Adams and the rest of the Massachusetts delegation were sleeping.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Bertha runs a Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth, played by Cedric the Entertainer, in 1911 and is part of an ensemble of Black characters a generation removed from enslavement.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Not until the night of Saturday, June 24—a full week after the battle—did an express rider gallop up to the boardinghouse on Second Street where Adams and the rest of the Massachusetts delegation were sleeping.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardinghouse. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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boardinghouse
noun
board·ing·house
ˈbōrd-iŋ-ˌhau̇s 
ˈbȯrd-
: a house at which persons are boarded
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