Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, reads from his new book of poetry. Credit: Penn State Expand Levi Custer performs an original song on piano. Credit: Penn State Expand Nia Sierra reads a poem. Credit: Penn State Expand Todd Davis discusses his poetry. Credit: Penn State Expand Erin Murphy, professor of English, read from her new book of poetry, Fluent in Blue. Credit: Penn State Expand The crowd enjoys a joke by Jeffery Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State Altoona. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Gwendalynn McGinley reads an original poem. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Talon McKendree shares his original artwork. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Bloom West reads a short story. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Kathryn Maille reads one of her poems. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Ishmael Bruney reads an original poem. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Nathan Colyer reads an original poem. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Liz Green performs a song by Mary J. Blige. Credit: Penn State Expand English faculty emeritus Thomas Liszka recites one of his original poems. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Alayna Mark reads her work. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Ember Brown reads an original short story. Credit: Penn State Expand The audience enjoys the open mic event. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Jay Schmidt shares an original poem. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Ollie Mearkle reads an original poem. Credit: Penn State Expand Kylea Myers, theatre and gallery coordinator for the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona, shares an original creative nonfiction essay. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Genevieve Henderson shares her writing. Credit: Penn State Expand Student Emma Moniz reads an original short story. Credit: Penn State Expand