Creative Writing Program at Penn State

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, PA 16823) on Friday, January 20th at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association (bellefontearts.org) and the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre … 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 the Paris Review, One Story, Kenyon Review, New England Review, and elsewhere. She has worked in five continents but now makes her home in Brooklyn, … 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 of Decay, a memoir of her experience with a chronic autoimmune disease. She is also the author of the poetry collections Siste Viator and The … 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 details.

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 … 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, … 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 … Continue reading U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Read as 2017 Dickinson Lecturer →

Lee Peterson published a  first collection, Rooms and Fields, as winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize (Kent State University Press, 2004). She is currently working on a series entitled "Into This … Continue reading Lee Peterson Reading, Art of Poetry Series →