Woodrow Wilson Fellow Reading: Achy Obejas

In this public lecture, Achy Obejas, an acclaimed author and noted translator, reads from her work as part of her residency as the 2018 Woodrow Wilson visiting fellow at Linfield College

Achy Obejas, 19th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Achy Obejas is a widely published poet, fiction writer, and journalist. Her poetry has been published in Conditions, Revista Chicano-Riquena, and Beloit Poetry Journal, among others. In 1986, she received an NEA fellowship in poetry. Her stories have been in magazines such as Antigonish Review, Phoebe, and Third Woman, and in numerous anthologies, including Discontents (Amethyst), West Side Stories (Chicago Stoop), and Girlfriend Number One (Cleis). She writes a weekly column for the Chicago Tribune. In 1989, she received a Peter Ligsagor Award for political reporting from Sigma Delta Chi/Society for Professional Journalism for her coverage of the Chicago mayoral elections