Dec 10, 2019 | Fiction, Kalliope
While an undergraduate at Penn State University, Kayleb Rae Candrilli won the English Department’s 2013 Edward J. Nichols Memorial Award for Fiction, for a piece entitled, “In and Out of the Oven: Six Narratives,” which was then published in Kalliope 2013. The...
Dec 10, 2019 | Blog, Interviews, Kalliope, Where Are They Now?
By Ash Reed~ The Selection Committee for the 2019 Whiting Award had this to say about Kayleb Ray Candrilli’s most recent book, What Runs Over: “The most unsettling of lullabies, …Candrilli’s verse memoir unfolds with savage grace as it lays bare the...
Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Features, Interviews, Kalliope
By Sam Cavanagh~ Chloe Cullen is smart, funny, dedicated, and as she described herself at her high school graduation, “goofy.” She’s also an extremely talented fiction and nonfiction writer and a fifth-year Penn State grad student in the BA/MA creative writing...
Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Features, Kalliope
By Nathan Ousey~ As you look through the table of contents in the 2018 edition of Kalliope, Penn State’s undergraduate literary journal, you might be surprised to see Will Carpenter’s name appear quite a few times. His submissions can be found in fiction, nonfiction,...
Nov 11, 2018 | Blog, Features, Kalliope
By Grace Eppinger~ Danielle “Dani” Fruehan, a fifth-year student in Penn State’s creative writing BA/MA program, is a poetry powerhouse. She’s had her work published in multiple issues of Kalliope as well as Klio, and her poems never fail to...
Nov 8, 2018 | Blog, Features, Interviews, Kalliope
By Kayla White~ When it comes to the literary world, Laura Nejako is a triple threat: she’s written poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Not only that, but she also has an interest and talent in the visual arts, particularly photography. Laura is a Pennsylvania local and...
