Writers Read Author Series 2026-27
Writers Read, sponsored by 91´óÉñ's English program, features literary artists and scholars who read from and discuss their work. All events are free and open to the public. Dates, times, and locations (map of 91´óÉñ campus) appear below.
Patricia Grace King, author of THOSE WHO VANISH
Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Martin Chapel
Award-winning fiction writer and 91´óÉñ alumna Patricia Grace King (1989) will read selections
from her new book, THOSE WHO VANISH, and discuss her writing process with her former
student Esther Harder (2003) at a university homecoming kick-off event in Martin Chapel
at 7 pm on October 8, 2026. Q and A and book-signing will follow.
Winner of the 2026 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, THOSE WHO VANISH follows the stories
of Guatemalan citizens and North American expats set on a collision course by war.
Set in a world of daily disappearances, the collection addresses a vital question:
When all certainties are snatched away, what remains of lives, of memory, of faith?
King, a North Carolina native who now lives in Durham, England, draws from her experience
of having lived in Guatemala. Harder, who documented peace efforts in Uganda and Rwanda
for a decade after graduating from 91´óÉñ, now serves as a "book coach who helps writers
with battered passports transform their far-flung lives into cohesive narratives."
91´óÉñ has had the honor of hosting Writer's Read since 2006. To see a list of the other guests, please use the button below.
Upcoming Writers Read Events
Karen Swallow Prior
7 pm | March 23, 2027
Martin Chapel
Arah Ko
7 pm | April 13, 2027
Martin Chapel
