Journalist Saundra Amrhein reads an excerpt from her book "Green Card Stories," which features profiles of 50 immigrants from around the world. Amrhein, a Brandon resident, is completing a master’s degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of South Florida.

Eliot Schrefer reads from his new novel "Endangered," about a girl who must save a group of bonobos--and herself--from a violent coup in the Congo. The book is a National Book Award finalist for young people's literature. Schrefer, a graduate of 1997 graduate of Countryside High School, now lives in New York City.

Peter Meinke, poet laureate of St. Petersburg and a fellow in the Florida Studies Program at USF St. Petersburg, reads his poem "In Gentler Times." Meinke is the author of “The Shape of Poetry: A Practical Guide to Writing and Reading Poems.” reads his poem “In Gentler Times.”

Orlando journalist Bob Kealing reads from his book "Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock."

Karen Brown, creative writing instructor at the University of South Florida and author of “Little Sinners,” a collection of short stories, reads an excerpt from the title story, “The Longings of Wayward Girls." The story will be turned into a novel, set to be published next summer.

Tampa author Enid Shomer reads an excerpt from her debut novel, "The Twelve Rooms of the Nile." This recording was done before a live audience at Inkwood Books in South Tampa.