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  • Carr Visiting Author Series: Alumni Reading featuring Chekwube Danladi, Weston Morrow, and Chris Vanjonack

    Time
    4:30 pm    11/5/2026
    Location
    Illini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner

    Join us for a reading by Illinois Alumni, Chekwube Danladi, Chris Vanjonack, and Weston Morrow!

  • Kaplan Family Writer-in-Residence Series Presents: Carmen Maria Machado

    Time
    4:30 pm    2/11/2027
    Location
    Illini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner

    Join us for a reading by author Carmen Maria Machado! Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House, the graphic novel The Low, Low Woods, and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, and more.

  • Carr Visiting Author Series: Yaryna Chornohuz

    Time
    4:30 pm    2/18/2027
    Location
    Illini Union Bookstore Author's Corner

    Join us for a reading by poet Yaryna Chornohuz! Yaryna Chornohuz is a Ukrainian writer and poet, and since 2020 has served as a marine in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She is the author of three poetry collections and the recipient of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in literature (2024) as well as the Women in Arts. Literature Award (2024).

  • Carr Visiting Author Series: Brandon Hobson

    Time
    4:30 pm    3/25/2027
    Location
    Illini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner

    Join us for a reading by author Brandon Hobson! Dr. Brandon Hobson is a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. His novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking, was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at New Mexico State University and the institute of american indian arts.