Journalist, novelist, essayist, and playwright Vauhini Vara, author of the bestselling story collection This is Salvaged and the novel The Immortal King Rao, which was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize, reads from her work along with several creative writing seniors. The C.K. Williams Reading Series showcases seniors in the Program in Creative Writing with established writers as special guests.
Featured Seniors
- Lara Katz
- Amanda Kural
- Hailey Mead
- Zoe H. Montague
- Tobias Nguyen
- Anurag Pratap
- Olivia Ragan
- Claire Schultz
- Mollika Singh
Tickets & Details
The reading is free and open to the public. Tickets are currently sold out. A standby line will form outside the Drapkin Studio 30 min. prior to the event start; any unclaimed seats will be made available to those waiting in line (with preference given to Princeton students).
Directions
Get directions to the Godfrey Kerr Studio, located on the second floor of the Wallace Dance Building at the Lewis Arts complex.
Accessibility
The Godfrey Kerr Studio is an accessible venue. Visit our Venues & Studios section for access details for each of our individual locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at least one week in advance at LewisCenter@princeton.edu.
About Vauhini Vara
Photo courtesy Vauhini Vara
Vauhini Vara is the author of This is Salvaged, which was named a notable book of 2023 by Publisher’s Weekly, The New Yorker and others, and The Immortal King Rao, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her third book, an essay collection entitled Searches, will be published in 2025. Vara is also a journalist, writing for Wired and others, and an editor, most recently at The New York Times Magazine. She teaches at Colorado State University as a 2023-24 Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Book Project. Vara is also the secretary of Periplus, a mentorship collective serving writers of color.
