Literary Arts

The fair allows students to present the culmination of their work from a traditional research/creative activities experience, an internship or a course-based undergraduate research experience.

Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has published several new poems in national literary journals.

Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, will offer a lecture at the Pennsylvania Military Museum’s "History After Hours" speaker series on April 10.

Attendees are invited to read or perform their own work or music or share a favorite piece of poetry or prose.

Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, has published a new book. “The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Film, and Games” is the first volume to identify the eco-weird as an umbrella term for the intersection of environmental thought and weird fiction.

Penn State Altoona faculty members Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff released a new episode of their podcast, "Horror Joy," titled "Body Horror in ‘The Substance’ and Olga Tokarczuk's ‘The Empusium.’"

Erin Murphy, professor of English, was the featured guest recently on the “Writers Association of Northern Appalachia” podcast. She also presented a reading as part of the Hometown Voices series and was featured in two literary journals.

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, will read from her works and offer a poetry workshop for the Friends of the Roethke Foundation’s 2025 Poets Laureate Series.

Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, has a new personal essay in the February issue of The Sun.

Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has signed a contract for the publication of a new collection of original essays.