English Professor Erin Murphy to be featured at Spoken Word Night

Erin Murphy

Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has published a poem about the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. “Aftermath” appears in The New Verse News.

Credit: Penn State

ALTOONA, Pa. — Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, will be the featured reader at Spoken Word Night on Tuesday, April 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at ArtsAltoona, 2212 6th Ave., Altoona.

Murphy will read from "Taxonomies," her new book of poems. An open mic event will follow during which attendees may read their own work or work by a favorite writer.

The event is free and open to the public.

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