Pedro Ponce, a creative writing instructor at St. Lawrence University and author of three books of fiction, will read from his new book “The Devil and the Dairy Princess” at the Adirondack Center for Writing next week as part of the ongoing Barkreaders series. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Ponce’s reading will start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 with an open-mic to follow.