Creative Writing Program at Penn State

Adrian Matejka is the author of five books of poetry, as well as a collaborative mixed media project and a forthcoming graphic novel. His third collection of poems, The Big … Continue reading Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence Adrian Matejka to Read →

SPRING 2023 POETRY SALON: Professor Shara McCallum and students in her graduate poetry workshop (ENGL 513) will host a series of poetry readings during the spring 2023 semester. Poets will … Continue reading Poetry Salon: Mihaela Moscaliuc & Michael Waters →

SPRING 2023 POETRY SALON: Professor Shara McCallum and students in her graduate poetry workshop (ENGL 513) will host a series of poetry readings during the spring 2023 semester. Poets will … Continue reading Poetry Salon: David Keplinger & Jenny Molberg →

Abby Minor lives in the ridges and valleys of central Pennsylvania, where she works on poems, essays, drawings, and projects exploring reproductive politics. Since 2017, she has worked as the … Continue reading Rolling Reading Series Presents Abby Minor →

              Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States (2012-2014). She is the author of five collections of … Continue reading Natasha Trethewey to Read as 2023 Dickinson Lecturer →

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Kimberly Q. Andrews, a Filipinx-American poet and critic, is author of Between, winner of the New Women’s Voices award, and A Brief History of Fruit, winner of the Akron Prize for poetry. Her … Continue reading Poetry Salon with Kimberly Q. Andrews →

Kelle Groom is the author of the memoirs How to Live and I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl (B&N Discover Great New Writers and NYT Book … Continue reading Rolling Reading Series Presents Kelle Groom →

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 →