Jenny Sadre-Orafai is an essayist, poet and author with roots here in Chattanooga.
Her new collection of poems - “Dear Outsiders,” published by the University of Akron Press - explores what it means to be local to a place where you don’t belong.
Jenny teaches writing as a Professor of English at Kennesaw State University in the Atlanta area.
On Wednesday, she will return to Chattanooga for a reading at The Book and Cover, starting at 6:30 PM.
![Cover of “Dear Outsiders”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4e89b07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/419x630+0+0/resize/880x1323!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc5%2Fda%2F9e2da6c24499b411b6b1532441d3%2Fdearoutsiders.jpg)
University of Akron Press