By Maria Wilson I was thoroughly unprepared for the sheer magnitude of the conference. It was the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference, which is held yearly. It’s a countrywide meeting of students, writers, publishers, editors, and all other writing organizations imaginable. Events include panels, readings, caucuses, and the largest book fair I’ve […]
Month: April 2017
Panels, Mirrors, and Windows: What’s it Like to Attend a Creative Writing Panel?
By Kristian Beverly, Visual Arts Editor Everyone at Penn State Harrisburg has walked passed a panel discussion before. The doors are open, and inside is a table full of catered food to draw in stragglers. A person stands at the door offering smiles and they’re so nice that you stop. Or maybe you don’t. Most […]
World Poetry Day: Poetry at its Finest
By Callie Stouffer, Staff Member Poetry. 13 different nationalities. Student/community involvement. Yummy international food. What more could you possibly ask for in one event at Penn State Harrisburg? As an English major, I knew I would enjoy hearing poetry read in many different languages. However, I had no idea that I would be able to […]
What Can Creative Writers Learn From Anderson Cooper and the National Society of Leadership and Success?
By Nicholas Hostetter, Nonfiction Editor Many of us already see Anderson Cooper on television every day, but he showed a different, more personal, side of himself during his speech to the National Society of Leadership and Success, which was streamed live on campus. Like most of our guest speakers, he opened with a joke: “Kids […]
Revisiting 1979’s Nuclear Fears and Expressions in Campus Publications
By Derek Progin, Staff Member Have you ever heard the sweet sounds of vinyl fill the air? The inspiration of these old songs on actual albums can be compared to the bindings of pages of black ink clamoring to be heard. Within a book, we shut out our personal life so we can listen to […]
From English to Journalism to a Literary Magazine: What’s Ahead in the 21st Century World of Publishing?
By Ashley Robinson, Staff Member I began my college career as an English major with aspirations of someday becoming a well-respected professor. Like most college students, I changed my major after my exposure to the variety of courses offered by the university. I became more involved in what was happening in the media because of […]
An Issue that Captivates, Challenges, and Nourishes: Editor-in-Chief’s Statement for the 2016-2017 Issue
By Claire Meler The art and the words nestled in the 2016-2017 issue of From the Fallout Shelter transcend the binaries of our world, the labels we assign to one another, and the walls we build in fear of our differences. A struggle with selfhood echoes in nearly all of the pieces you will soon read. Our contributors […]