Renee Simms

Renee Simms' writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Oxford American, The Southwest Review, The Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars (Wayne State University Press) was a Foreword Indies finalist for Short Stories, featured on NPR and the National Book Critics Circle blog, and was listed by The Root as one of 28 brilliant books by Black authors in 2018. She has a memoir and a novel forthcoming with Farrar Straus and Giroux. Renee teaches in the low residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University and is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound.

Events: Writing Retreats: Finding Home Away from Home - Reimagining Home Through Writing Retreats - April 2, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM & Writing About Place—Can You Ever Go Home Again? Exploring the Meaning of Home in Literature - April 3, 3 PM - 4:30 PM