The University of Central Arkansas will host poet and author Donika Kelly as an Artist in Residence Tuesday, Feb. 17, with events that highlight poetry, literary craft and contemporary creative writing.
Kelly’s residency will feature a student-focused master class as well as a public reading and book signing. 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 Kelly’s residency on Feb. 17 is as follows:
- 4 p.m. – Student Event: Master Class with Donika Kelly, Win Thompson Hall 331.
- 7:30 p.m. – Public Event: Reading and Book Signing with Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly, Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts 167.
Kelly is the author of “The Natural Order of Things”; “The Renunciations,” winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry; and “Bestiary,” winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. She is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and is a Cave Canem graduate fellow and Pushcart Prize winner.
Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review and elsewhere. Kelly is an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Iowa, where she teaches creative writing.
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.