This monthly online (Zoom) reading series called First Friday Readings features authors with Nebraska connections, national presence, and a newly published book. The hourlong event, moderated by Larksong director Karen Shoemaker, will include both the author’s reading and Q&A with the audience. The event is free, but registration is required to receive the link.

• July 5 Daniel Simon, poet and publisher
• August 2 Anna Monardo, fiction writer, memoirist, and professor
• September 6 Shanan Ballam, Poet Laureate of Logan, Utah
• October 4 Terese Svoboda, fiction writer
• November 1, 2024 William Trowbridge, poet, former Poet Laureate of Missouri