Jennifer Maritza McCauley

Jennifer Maritza McCauley is the author of SCAR ON/SCAR OFF (Stalking Horse Press), When Trying to Return Home (Counterpoint Press) and Kinds of Grace (Flowersong Press). She is the recipient of fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts, Kimbilio, CantoMundo, and Sundress Academy for the Arts. Her poetry collection SCAR ON/SCAR OFF received an Independent Publishers Book Award and her short story collection When Trying to Return Home, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a New York Public Library Book of the Day, one of the Best Books of the Month by Kirkus Reviews, Ms. Magazine, and The Southern Book Review and Today called it one of the “Best Books to Read in 2023.” She has received an MFA from Florida International University and a PhD from the University of Missouri. She is presently an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.