Ramona Emerson will provide the fall 2023 visiting author reading for the Arkansas Tech University Department of English and World Languages on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Emerson will speak at 6 p.m. in Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center room 300B, 305 West Q Street on the ATU campus in Russellville. Admission will be free and open to the public.
A Diné writer and filmmaker, Emerson will read from her crime thriller “Shutter,” which was published by Soho Crime in 2022. Her reading will be followed by a question and answer session moderated by Eli Cranor, ATU writer in residence and instructor in the ATU Department of English and World Languages.
Emerson began her career as a forensic videographer before pivoting to work as a photographer, writer and editor.
Originally from Tohatchi, N.M., she holds a bachelor’s degree in media arts from the University of New Mexico and a master’s degree in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Emerson is an Emmy nominee, a Sundance Native Lab Fellow, a Time-Warner Storyteller Fellow, a Tribeca All-Access Grantee and a WGBH Producer Fellow. “Shutter” is her debut novel.
Learn more about the ATU Department of English and World Languages at www.atu.edu/worldlanguages.
