Camille Acker is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Training School for Negro Girls. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Electric Literature, as an Audible Original, and in On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library. Her writing has received support from Tin House, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and the Millay Colony for the Arts, among others. In 2022, she was named a Fellow by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. She is the Features and Interviews Editor for the film and visual culture journal, Seen, a publication of BlackStar Projects. Currently, she is the Writer-in Residence at Temple University's MFA in Creative Writing program. Her latest book is the satirical novel, A Very Special Episode. She lives in Philadelphia, PA with her partner.

The Poets & Writers Series is sponsored by the Temple University MFA Program in Creative Writing, with the assistance of the Department of English. Each year a number of poets and fiction writers are invited to read from and discuss their work to members of both the Temple community and the local Philadelphia arts scene. All events are free and open to the public.