MSU MANKATO FACULTY READING

Poet and creative nonfiction writer

Candace Black

Poet

Richard Robbins

Fiction writer

Roger Sheffer

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Talk on craft
3:00 P.M.—CSU Ostrander Auditorium
Reading
7:30 P.M.—CSU Room 253

Candace Black’s poems and essays have appeared in many literary journals, including Ninth Letter, Quarterly West, and War, Literature and the Arts. The Volunteer, her first book of poems, was published in 2003. She is a recipient of a Loft Literary Center Creative Nonfiction Residency, a McKnight Individual Fellowship, and a Loft-McKnight Award in Poetry.

Richard Robbins has published three books of poems. Two new books, Other Americas and Radioactive City, are due out soon. He has received awards from The Loft, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the NEA, and the Poetry Society of America. He directs the creative writing program and Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Roger Sheffer has taught at Minnesota State University since 1980. His short stories have appeared in three collections, the latest in 1999, in Music of the Inner Lakes from New Rivers Press. His most recent magazine publication was a story in summer 2007 issue of Harpur Palate, and was a finalist for the John Gardner Award.

See a writing sample by Black.

See a writing sample by Robbins.

See a writing sample by Sheffer.

Listen to the interview, craft talk, or reading.

To learn more about Black, see this web site.

To learn more about Robbins, see this web site.

To learn more about Sheffer, see this web site.

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This year's Good Thunder Reading Series is funded by the Minnesota State University Department of English, the College of Arts and Humanities, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Nadine B. Andreas Endowment, the Eddice B. Barber Visiting Writer Endowment, the Robert C. Wright Endowment, and individual donors. This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature. This activity is also made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. MSU Library Services and Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Minnesota State offer additional support.