<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/posts/wes_blake.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Kentucky author Wes Blake to visit Murray State University for Reading Series</title><pubDate>10/16/2026</pubDate><description>Wes Blake, author of the award-winning Southern Gothic novella Pineville Trace, will visit Murray State University for a reading of his work on Monday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Faculty Hall room 208</description><author>Baden Grubbs</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.murraystate.edu/news/images/rsz_wes_blake.jpg" alt="black and white photo of Wes Blake wearing glasses"/></image><featured/><tags><tag>Announcements</tag><tag>Arts</tag><tag>Campus News</tag><tag>Event</tag><tag>University News</tag><tag>book reading</tag><tag>news</tag></tags></item>