ALTOONA, Pa. — Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was recently interviewed for the podcast "Author Talk."

Murphy discusses her works — two poems and an essay — published in "Just YA: Short Poems, Stories, and Essays," an anthology edited by Sarah Donovan. Designed for teachers of grades seven through 12, "Just YA" is published as an open-access book, which means that all content is free of charge and available online.

Murphy is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, chapbooks and anthologies, with two additional books forthcoming from Salmon Poetry and Wesleyan University Press. She is the Poet Laureate of Blair County and is currently serving as Penn State’s inaugural Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow for the Big Ten Academic Alliance. You can read more about her work on Murphy's website.