Writers of fiction, poetry and drama who are interested in having their work published or performed should plan to enter the Penn State York Literary Competition sponsored by the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) and “Any Other Word,” the campus’ online literary magazine. The competition is open to Penn State York students; submissions are being accepted through March 2.
Science fiction fans can take a course this summer at Penn State York that is sure to be interesting, fun, and can fulfill a requirement in English. Science Fiction (ENGL 191) meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-9:30 p.m. and is part of the first six-week summer session at the campus, which begins May 14. The course is offered in a blended format with online and in-class instruction.
Eric Freeze will read excerpts from “Invisible Men” on Thursday, Sept. 21, when the 2017-18 edition of the Creative Writers Reading Series kicks off at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
Penn State has become the first educational institution in the world, and the second location in North or South America, to partner with Short Edition of Grenoble, France. The innovative agreement developed by the Penn State University Libraries will deliver short, original pieces of Penn State creative writing into the public’s hands, encouraging direct community engagement with and conversation about writing by Penn State faculty, staff and students.
Corinne Alice Nulton, an academic adviser and adjunct English instructor at Penn State Worthington Scranton, recently had a short story published in "The Night Bazaar: Eleven Haunting Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires," a new fantasy fiction anthology released by Northampton House Press.
Helen Storey, a lecturer in English in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, has been honored by the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers with its Stephen J. Meringoff Writing Award in fiction.
Timothy Bewes, professor of English at Brown University, will present “Free Indirect, or Who is the Subject of the Work of Fiction?” at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 2, in Room 102 of Kern Building.
Does women's literature refer to any book written by a woman or for a female audience? Or is it a distinctly academic genre that examines how women authors have explored the female experience through the socio-political context of their eras?
With the incredibly popular works of fiction pervading our culture today -- Harry Potter, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight, The Hunger Games, the list goes on -- it's difficult to imagine a time when the novel didn't exist. Unlike other genres of writing, however, the novel has its origins in fairly recent history.
"Any Other Word," Penn State York's literary E-zine's fifth edition is now available online. To see the publication, visit http://www2.yk.psu.edu/anyotherword. This issue features the recent winners of the Hint Fiction contest.
Student editors for the current publication are Eric Kennedy, a senior majoring in English from Hanover, Pa.; and Jennifer J. Sheffer, a senior majoring in letters, arts, and sciences from York, Pa. The cover design for the magazine, titled "Upright," was done by Corey Magloire, a sophomore majoring in integrative arts from York, Pa.
Any Other Word," Penn State York's online literary magazine, has announced the winners of the hint fiction contest. Winners are Joseph Cabrera, York, Pa., "08779321-USW;" Mary Lee, East Berlin, Pa., "Parenting Styles;" and Ben Morgan, Hanover, Pa., "Frying Pan Fire-Jumping. "Winners were awarded copies of the "Hint Fiction" anthology as well as a new Moleskine notebook.
"If what we see on the screen or read has no implications, then why do we weep when we are exposed to an emotionally wrenching story? Are our tears not real? Could it not be argued that we create a moral climate through our fictional creations, and if that is the case, then would we not feel uneasy if suddenly our stories became ones in which the right and the good was consistently disregarded and defeated? I think more than unease, we would feel shared despair. The world is a distressing place. It harbors great sorrow and great suffering. There are many forces that obviously would dismantle such enlightenment as we've created for ourselves; there are many forces that would enslave, exploit and destroy. If we allowed ourselves to live in an imaginative universe in which such forces were vindicated, then surely our lives would be bleak, that we'd be in a prison of ice, a place to which no light would be admitted."
-- Alexander McCall Smith, speaking Monday (April 11) in Schwab Auditorium during the 2011 Crawford Lecture of the Rock Ethics Institute, on the topic, "How Are We to Live Our Lives? An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith." Smith is emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and best-selling author of more than 60 books, most notably the internationally acclaimed "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, which rapidly rose to the top of the bestseller lists throughout the world. The film adaptation of the first book in the series premiered on HBO in 2009.
Richard Kopley launched the spring 2009 season of Research Unplugged by leading an enlivening conversation about the origins of detective fiction in the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
