Event title: Third Thursday Literary Series: Cecily Parks

Cecily Parks received a BA from Rice University in 1999, an MA in poetry from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars in 2000, an MFA in poetry from Columbia University in 2005, and a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2011. Parks is the author of three poetry collections: The Seeds; O’Nights; and Field Folly Snow. Parks teaches at Texas State University and lives in Austin, Texas. Refreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM.y