Creative Writing at Penn State

10/22/2026

Please join us TONIGHT, Thursday, October 22 at 6:00pm in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus for a reading by award-winning poet and essayist VICTORIA CHANG!

More information: https://creativewriting.psu.edu/2026/10/15/emily-dickinson-lectureship-in-american-poetry-presents-victoria-chang/

10/15/2026

Please join us for a reading by award-winning poet and essayist VICTORIA CHANG on Thursday, October 22 at 6:00pm in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium on the University Park campus!

Victoria Chang’s newest book of poems, Tree of Knowledge was published by FSG in July 2026. Her other books include With My Back to the World, The Trees Witness Everything, OBIT, and Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech and Director of Poetry@Tech.

More information: https://creativewriting.psu.edu/2026/10/15/emily-dickinson-lectureship-in-american-poetry-presents-victoria-chang/

09/23/2026

TOMORROW, Thursday, September 24, 2026, 6:00 p.m. in the Foster Auditorium of the Paterno Library, please join us for a reading and Q&A with essayist and author ELLEN WAYLAND-SMITH.

More information: https://creativewriting.psu.edu/2026/09/17/mary-e-rolling-reading-series-presents-ellen-wayland-smith-on-september-24/

09/16/2026

TOMORROW, 9/17 at 5:00pm in 102 Burrowes, join us for a reading and Q&A with accomplished fiction writer and essayist, PARDEEP TOOR.

For more information: https://creativewriting.psu.edu/2026/09/11/pardeep-toor-reading-on-september-17/

09/10/2026

TODAY, Thursday, September 10, 2026, 6:00 p.m. in the Foster Auditorium of the Paterno Library, please join us for a reading by Penn State Visiting Assistant Professor and award-winning poet NOAH DAVIS.

More information about the event on our website: https://creativewriting.psu.edu/2026/08/29/mary-e-rolling-reading-series-presents-noah-davis-on-september-10/

09/09/2026

Hometown Voices, your local reading & performance series, has announced the fall season lineup!

The first event features Kathy Morrow, poet and puppeteer, and Michael Garrigan, poet and author of Ghost Hunting Glaciers, on Sunday, 9/13, at 3pm at the Woskob Family Gallery in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center at 146 South Allen Street in State College.

More information about this event and the rest of the series here: https://creativewriting.psu.edu/2026/09/09/hometown-voices-reading-series-fall-2026-lineup/

09/02/2026

Out Loud Bellefonte Print Factory launches its fall season on FRIDAY, September 4, at 6 p.m. with Penn State Alum, ABBY MINOR, who will share poems from her new chapbook, Infinity Ballot!

Check out more information, including more fall season events with Out Loud Bellefonte, on our blog:

Out Loud in Bellefonte is a Literary Performance Series of Poetry, Prose & Storytelling sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association since 2013. The series spotlights local w…

04/29/2026

Join OUT LOUD BELLEFONTE on Friday, May 1 at 6pm in the Print Factory for a reading and poetry open mic hosted by Poet Laureate of State College CARMIN WONG!

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04/26/2026

The last Hometown Voices event of the season is TODAY (4/26) at 3:00pm with local writers and Penn State faculty, Megan Reilley and Evan Reynolds. More details in the poster below:

04/21/2026

Join us for a reading by accomplished poet and Penn State alum, RYAN TEITMAN, on Thursday, April 23 at 4:00pm in the Grucci Room, 102 Burrowes Building.

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On Thursday, April 23 at 4:00pm in 102 Burrowes Building (Grucci Room), accomplished poet and Penn State alum Ryan Teitman will read from his new poetry collection, Paperweight (University of Akron…