Author of community read speaks at Hesston Mennonite Church Posted on October 5, 2016 by Larry Bartel Joshua Davis, author of the fall 2016 community read “Spare Parts,” shared with about 500 people the process of writing his book and immigration in the United States. Kate Kilmer (freshman, Goshen, Ind., right) and Emma Eitzen (freshman, Lititz, Pa.) watch as Joshua Davis signs their copies of “Spare Parts.”