Award-winning writer Toni Jensen to visit APSU for public reading, book signing
Austin Peay State University’s Zone 3 Press is hosting NEA Creative Writing Fellowship recipient and award-winning writer Toni Jensen.
CLARKSVILLE, TN – Austin Peay State University’s Zone 3 Press, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is hosting NEA Creative Writing Fellowship recipient and award-winning writer Toni Jensen for a free public reading and book signing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, in Art + Design Room 120.
Jensen’s book Carry is a memoir-in-essays about gun violence, land and Indigenous women’s lives and was a Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist and a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book. Her essays have appeared in Orion, Catapult and Ecotone. She is Métis. Learn more about Jensen by visiting her website at https://www.tonijensen.com/.
“I’m stoked to host Toni Jensen this semester,” said Dr. Raymond Deeren, co-coordinator of Austin Peay’s creative writing program. “Our students have studied her work across genres and are eager to hear and learn from Jensen, a generous and powerful author.”
Attendees are invited to engage with Jensen during a Q&A session immediately following the reading. Books will be available for purchase during the signing as well.
To learn more about Zone 3 Press, contact Deeren at deerenr@apsu.edu.
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