Deb Olin Unferth Reading

Deb Olin Unferth is the author of seven books, including the novels Earth 7 (forthcoming June 2026), Barn 8 and Vacation, the memoir Revolution, finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, two story collections, and the graphic novel I, Parrot. Her fiction and essays have appeared in over fifty magazines and journals, including Harper’s, the New York Times, The Paris Review, Granta, and McSweeney’s. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, a Creative Capital Fellowship for Innovative Literature, fellowships from the MacDowell, Yaddo, and Ucross residencies.

She’s a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches for the Michener Center, the New Writers’ Project, and she also directs the Pen City Writers, the prison creative-writing program at a south Texas penitentiary. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Austin with the philosophy professor Matt Evans.

Following the reading, Unferth will participate in a moderated conversation led by the CLA's Danielle Dutton. Q&A will follow. Event is free and open to all.

A Center for the Literary Arts event, co-sponsored by the English Department's Specialization in Publishing.