James Brasfield is the author of two poetry collections, Ledger of Crossroads and Infinite Altars, both available from LSU Press, and is translator of The Selected Poems of Oleh Lysheha. Twice … Continue reading Poet James Brasfield to Read (Rolling Reading Series)
South African poet and Penn State professor, Gabeba Baderoon, is to read her new work as part of "Out Loud" at the Bellefonte Art Museum (113 North Allegheny St., Bellefonte, … Continue reading South African Poet and Penn State Professor Gabeba Baderoon to Read at the Bellefonte Art Museum
Rachel Cantor is the author of the novels Good on Paper (Melville House 2016) and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (Melville House 2014). Two dozen of her stories have appeared in … Continue reading Fiction Writer Rachel Cantor to Read as part of Rolling Reading Series
Sarah Manguso is the author of four books of prose including Ongoingness, a meditation on motherhood and time; The Guardians, an investigation of friendship and suicide; and The Two Kinds … Continue reading Reading by Sarah Manguso, Fisher Family Writer in Residence
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Readings by selected Pennsylvania poets, including the Penn State English Department's James Brasfield. All poets will sign their books and (free!) posters after the event. See Facebook event for more … Continue reading Evening of Pennsylvania Poets
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is the author of Open Interval and Black Swan, winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, as well as Poems in Conversation and a Conversation, a chapbook in collaboration with Elizabeth Alexander. Her work has appeared in such journals as African American Review, Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, and Shenandoah. She is currently at work on … Continue reading Reading by Poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Chris Bachelder’s fourth novel, The Throwback Special, was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award in fiction. He was awarded the Terry Southern Prize for humor from The Paris Review, as well as an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Bachelder, who teaches at the University of Cincinnati, is also the author of … Continue reading Reading by Novelist Chris Bachelder
Sheila Squillante is the author of the poetry collection, Beautiful Nerve (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016), and three chapbooks of poetry: In This Dream of My Father (Seven Kitchens, 2014), Women Who Pawn Their Jewelry (Finishing Line, 2012) and A Woman Traces the Shoreline (Dancing Girl, 2011).She is a graduate of Penn State's MFA program in creative writing and teaches in the MFA program in creative … Continue reading Sheila Squillante Reading, Art of Poetry Series
U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Ordinary Light (Knopf, 2015) and three books of poetry. Her collection Life on Mars won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and was selected as a New York Times Notable Book. Duende won the 2006 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American … Continue reading U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Read as 2017 Dickinson Lecturer