is a past receipient of the Louisiana Artist Fellowship in Literature. In 2006, she received a Louisiana Cultural Economy Grant for her writings on Katrina evacuation and recovery. Her novella was awarded the 2010 Pirates' Alley Faulkner Society Medal. She is an associate professor at Xavier University in Louisiana.
Presentation: Friday, 2:00-3:00 pm, Room 31; Sign: Friday, 3:00-3:30 pm, Signing Colonnade
