UA Little Rock to Host Afternoon with Author Jennifer Maritza McCauley

Join Jennifer Maritza McCauley for a special literary reading and discussion during her visit to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sept. 29.

This event, which is free and open to the public, is hosted in collaboration with the Six Bridges Book Festival and will take place on Friday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building.

McCauley is a writer, poet, and university professor. She has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Kimbilio, CantoMundo, and the Sundress Academy for the Arts. She holds an MFA from Florida International University and a Ph.D. in creative writing and literature from the University of Missouri.

She is an assistant professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Houston-Clear Lake as well as the author of the cross-genre collection SCAR ON/SCAR OFF and the short story collection “When Trying to Return Home.”

For more information, please email slpa@ualr.edu or call 501-916-3291.