The University of Central Arkansas will host nationally bestselling author Melissa Febos for a two-day residency Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 17-18, with events that highlight creative writing, personal narrative and literary craft.
Febos’ residency will feature a public reading and book signing, as well as a student-focused craft talk. Events will be held on the UCA campus and are open to the public and free of charge, with no tickets required for entry.
The full schedule for Febos’ residency is as follows:
- Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. – Public Event: Reading and Book Signing with Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly, Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts 167.
- Wednesday, Feb. 18, 11-11:50 a.m. – Student Event: Craft Talk with Melissa Febos, Win Thompson Hall 331.
Melissa Febos is the national bestselling author of five books, including “Girlhood,” winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism; “Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative”; and the forthcoming memoir “The Dry Season.” She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, Lambda Literary, the Black Mountain Institute, the British Library and the Bogliasco Foundation, among others.
Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The Best American Essays, Vogue and The New York Times Magazine. Febos is a professor at the University of Iowa.
More information about the residency is available by contacting professors Stephanie Vanderslice at stephv@uca.edu or Acie Clark at kclark27@uca.edu.
The UCA Artists in Residence program is funded by the Fine and Performing Arts Fee paid by all students, with additional support from Engage Management and Pyramid Art, Books, and Custom Framing. More information about the Artists in Residence program is available at uca.edu/go/artistsinresidence or by contacting Dr. Gayle Seymour, associate dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, at gayles@uca.edu.