Seminole State College will host a reading by Assistant Professor of English Paul Juhasz on March 21, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Virtual Learning Lounge within the Boren Library. During the reading, he will read from his most recent collection of poetry and from an upcoming collection of short stories.

Juhasz has published three books in the last three years. His first, Fulfillment: Diary of a Warehouse Picker, a creative non-fiction work, chronicling a six-month stint working for Amazon. His second published work, Ronin, is a collection of prose poetry, which was nominated for an Oklahoma Book Award, The Inner Life of Comics, Juhasz’s most recent work, is a collection of prose poetry that released in the fall of 2022. His fourth book, a short story collection titled Appalachian and Other Stories, is scheduled to debut in the fall from Fine Dog Press.

In addition to reading at SSC, Paul has been featured at the Southwest Popular and American Culture Conference, Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, the Woody Guthrie Festival, the Chikaskia Literary Festival, and the South-Central Modern Language Association Conference in Poet’s Corner.

Juhasz began working at the College in the fall of 2021. His duties on campus include teaching composition and American literature. He also serves as co-sponsor of the Sigma Kappa Delta honor society.

He received his bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Illinois, his master’s degree in English Literature from Illinois State University and his master of fine arts degree from Oklahoma City University.

The upcoming reading is sponsored by SSC’s Language Arts and Humanities department and the Sigma Kappa Delta honor society.