Mayra Santos-Febres is a Puerto Rican professor of literature, poet, novelist, and critic who has garnered fame at home and abroad. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. (1991) from Cornell University, where she has since taught as a visiting professor. Santos-Febres has also been a guest lecturer at Harvard University, as well as at numerous other American and European universities, and is currently Associate Professor of Literature at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.

She has published two books of poetry to wide acclaim, and her short stories have won many prizes, including the 1994 Letras de Oro Prize from the University of Miami, and the 1997 Juan Rulfo Prize, awarded by Radio Sarandi in Paris. In 1997 her two collections of short fiction were translated into English under the title Urban Oracles. Other titles include Pez de vidrio, El cuerpo correcto, and Sirena Selena vestida de pena.

Her books will be available for purchase at the Lower Lounge.