Now celebrating becoming a drinking age adult, the 21st conference features 15 different authors, including Mexican-American “border” author Luís Alberto Urrea, bringing his creative writing class at the University of Illinois to a different, and warmer, podium.
His 2004, Pulitzer-nominated novel “The Devil’s Highway” focuses on a realistic portrayal of a Mexican family losing their track in the Arizona desert, bordering their home country.
The Evening Reading Series welcomes every type of reader from Jan. 18-25. Representing poetry, fiction, suspense and many other genres, authors include:
- Anjanette Delgado
- Andre Dubus II
- Jonathan Escoffery
- Lauren Groff
- Ann Hood
- Didi Jackson
- Major Jackson
- Michael Koryta
- Laura Lippman
- Ana Menéndez
- Gloria Muñoz
- Karen Russel
- Les Standiford
- Helen Pruitt Wallace
Seating is limited and on a first-come first-serve basis. For those who want to snatch a seat earlier, or grab an autograph, wine and book browsing time is 30 minutes before the readings.The first and last night of readings start at 8 p.m., while the remaining start at 7 p.m.
There’s no cover for the readings at Writers in Paradise happening Saturday-Saturday, Jan. 18-25 at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg.
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This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2025.