Best-selling author and public radio commentator Sarah Vowell was on campus Wednesday night for the Conerly Endowed Lecture sponsored by the Shackouls Honors College. In addition to employing a sharp wit in delivering observations on history and society, Vowell read from her latest book, "The Wordy Shipmates," a history of American Puritans. Some in the audience also appreciated her as the voice of "Violet" in "The Incredibles," a 2004 computer-animated movie by Pixar.