Creative Writing Program at Penn State

    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.      

Christine Hume (PSU, 1990) is the author of an essay collection on sex offenders and women’s bodies, Everything I Never Wanted to Know, (OSU Press/21st Century Essays Series, 2023) and … Continue reading Rolling Reading Series Presents Christine Hume →