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Penn State Behrend’s Creative Writing degree program hosted author Erin Pringle as the second speaker of the "Smith Creative Writers Reading Series" over Zoom Thursday night.

Arizona poet laureate to open Behrends spring literary series Former Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Rios will open the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series at Penn State Behrend with a Jan. 28 reading on Zoom. Image: Contributed photo Arizona poet laureate to open Behrends spring literary series January 14, 2021 At home, the poet Alberto Rios spoke Spanish. That’s common in the town of Nogales, which straddles Arizona’s southern border. At school, he was required to speak English. As he tog...

Penn State Behrend's Smith Creative Writers Reading Series begins Jan. 28 with a reading by Alberto Rios, Arizona's first poet laureate. Readings will continue through April -- on Zoom, due to the pandemic -- featuring award-winning poets, prose writers and the work of students in Behrend's creative writing program.