Creative Writing Program at Penn State

Jillian Cantor earned a BA in English from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. She is the author of award-winning novels for teens and adults, including, … Continue reading Jillian Cantor Reading, Rolling Reading Series →

Sara J. Grossman is a visiting fellow at the Center for Humanities and Information at Pennsylvania State University. Her poems and essays have been published in Verse Daily, Cincinnati Review, Michigan … Continue reading Sara J. Grossman Reading, Art of Poetry Series →

Plastics@thePalmer Entangled Conversation: Thoughts on Styrofoam: A Reading Evelyn Reilly, New York-based poet and author of Styrofoam (2009) and Apocalypso(2012) Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute, Sustainability Institute, Department of English, and the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art. … Continue reading Thoughts on Styrofoam–A Poetry Reading by Evelyn Reilly →

Justin Torres’ first novel We the Animals, a national best seller, has been translated into 15 languages and is currently being adapted into a feature film. He has published short … Continue reading Reading by Justin Torres →

Naomi Shihab Nye describes herself as a “wandering poet.” She has spent 40 years traveling the country and the world to lead writing workshops and inspiring students of all ages. … Continue reading Reading by Dickinson Lecturer Naomi Shihab Nye →