Faculty Presentation: Deborah Jackson Taffa and Carlos Francisco Jackson
Monday, August 3, 2026
5-7 PM
Stanley Kunitz Common Room
Join us for a summer faculty reading and artist talk with writer Deborah Jackson Taffa, and artist Carlos Francisco Jackson
To join us virtually, visit our YouTube Channel and look for the “Upcoming live streams” section. The majority of our public events are available via YouTube live stream with the presenters’ permission.
About Our Speakers
Deborah Jackson Taffa’s Whiskey Tender was a 2024 National Book Award finalist, a 2025 Carnegie Medal longlisted title, and a top book of the year at The Atlantic, Time, Esquire, NPR and other outlets. A 2024 NEA Fellow, and a 2022 winner of the PEN/Jean Stein grant, she has received fellowships from the University of Iowa and other places. She is the director of the MFACW program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM.
Carlos Francisco Jackson is an artist and writer who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since July of 2022 he has served as Dean and Professor of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Francisco Jackson is a printmaker and painter, primarily specializing in screenprinting with a broad curatorial and writing practice that engages the field of Chicano Art. Prior to July of 2022 he was on the faculty at the University of California, Davis where he co-founded Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, a community-based workshop in Woodland, California.
