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Meet Author Toni Jensen: A reading and conversation

March 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Toni Jensen

The Department of English at Florida Atlantic University is hosting award-winning writer Toni Jensen. The Métis author of both fiction and memoir will read from Carry, a memoir-in-essays about gun violence, land, and indigenous women’s lives, followed by a Q & A with the audience. A National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship recipient in 2020, Jensen has published essays in Orion, Catapult and Ecotone. She is also the author of the short story collection, From the Hilltop. She teaches at the University of Arkansas and the Institute of American Indian Arts.

This program is funded in part through a Florida Humanities Greater Good: Humanities in Academia Grant in partnership with Florida Atlantic University.

Event Details

Event Date/time:

March 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm -
March 19, 2022 @ 1:00 pm

Other

Presenter Information:
Toni Jensen, award-winning fiction and memoir writer; Dr. Becka McKay, Professor/Director of Creative Writing, Florida Atlantic University
Event Fee:
Free
Event Type:
In-person

Event Contact:

Becka McKay
Phone:
(561) 297-2974
Email:
mfa@fau.edu

Event Venue:

North Regional Broward County Library
1100 Coconut Creek Boulevard
Coconut Creek, FL 33066 United States
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