This week on Valley Writers Read we hear a story by local author James Varner , "Memories of Growing Up with Friends." The story is all about the life-long friends the author made in the Bakersfield neighborhood where he grew up. He tells us about the schools he went to and the profession he chose, and an event that brought back many memories, years later.

This week on Valley Writers Read we hear a story by local author Thomas Nance, "Dad's Address Book." The story is set in the last part of World War II in the Pacific. The author re-constructs many of the stories about the infantry battles that we won in the South Pacific – island by island – from letters his father wrote while serving under General Douglas McArthur.

This week on Valley Writers Read we hear a story titled “Double Plot” by Judy Ryan. Listen for a moving story about love and loss over the decades.

This week on Valley Writers Read, acclaimed novelist and former Fresno State professor Steve Yarbrough reads his story "The Intersection."