Creative Writing Program at Penn State

Chika Unigwe is a Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College, Milledgeville, and the author of several celebrated works of fiction, including On Black Sister’s Street, which won the NLNG … Continue reading Rolling Reading Series Presents Chika Unigwe →

    Julianna Baggott has published over twenty books, some pseudonymously, including Pure and Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders, both New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She … Continue reading Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence Julianna Baggott to Read →

Matthew Salesses is a novelist, scholar, and Korean adoptee who has written and spoken widely about adoption, race, and parenting. He is the award-winning author of eight books, most recently … Continue reading Rolling Reading Series Presents Matthew Salesses →

Tempest Studio’s Hometown Voices Performance & Reading Series, with Steve Deutsch & Kate Rosenberg.  

Q&A with Sheila Squillante Penn State MFA Grad Poet & Essayist Students and faculty of all sorts welcome! SHEILA SQUILLANTE is a writer and visual artist living in Pittsburgh and … Continue reading “Besides Living a Whole & Creative Life, What Else Can I Do with My Degree in Creative Writing?” →

Reading and book party for Sheila Squillante’s debut essay collection, All Things Edible, Random and Odd: Essays on Grief, Love and Food, published by CLASH Books in November, 2023. Sponsored by: … Continue reading Reading and Book Party for Sheila Squillante’s “All Things Edible, Random and Odd” →

     Julia Spicher Kasdorf is the author of five award-winning poetry collections: Sleeping Preacher, Eve’s Striptease, Poetry in America, and Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields, a … Continue reading Rolling Reading Series Presents Julia Spicher Kasdorf and C.S. Giscombe →

Tempest Studio’s Hometown Voices Performance & Reading Series, with Steven Sherrill and Rachael Lyon Wiley.