Roster of Visiting Writers, 1981-present

*  signifies the four-day Eddice B. Barber Visiting Writer

1981

Judith Guest  *

1981-82

Frederick Manfred  * [first RCW Conference keynoter]

1982-83

Kathy Callaway
David Johnson
Rick Christman
Antony Oldknow
Candyce Clayton
John Calvin Rezmerski
Cary Waterman
Philip Dacey
Jon Hassler  *

1983-84

Doris Grumbach
Carol Muske
John Solensten
Patricia Hampl
Thomas Lux
Gerald Stern
Patricia Jones
James Welch
Tim O’Brien  *

1984-85

Jon Hassler
Marisha Chamberlain
Rebecca Hill
Judith Guest
Robley Wilson
Joseph Bruchac
Kate Green
Cary Waterman
Tim O’Brien
Patricia Hampl  *

1985-86

Tim Rumsey
Donald Hall
Louise Erdrich
Michael Dennis Browne
Bill Holm
Patricia Weaver Francisco
Sharon Pollock
Linda Hogan
Marisha Chamberlain*

1986-87

Roberta Hill Whiteman
Paul Gruchow
Will Weaver
Arthur Homer
Gary Paulsen
Gretel Ehrlich
Jonathan Holden
Teresa Anderson
Judith Guest  *

1987-88

James Alan McPherson
Pierre Delattre
Madeline DeFrees
Louis Jenkins
William Stafford
Roseann Lloyd
Marjorie Dorner
Joy Williams
Kate Green  *

1988-89

Mankato Area Writers
Barton Sutter
Jill Breckenridge
Peter Leschak
William Kittredge
CarolAnn Russell
Carolyn Forché
Chris Crutcher
Will Weaver  *

1989-90

Mankato Area Writers
Rick DeMarinis
C.L. Rawlins
Paul Zimmer
Paulette Bates Alden
Alberto Alvaro Ríos
Mary Clearman Blew
Deborah Keenan
Stephen Schwandt
Bill Holm  *

1990-91

John Calvin Rezmerski
Richard Terrill
Donna Langton
Julie Schumacher
Jane Smiley
Diane Glancy
Jonis Agee
Phebe Hanson
P.C. Hodgell
Frederick Manfred  *

1991-92

Susan Allen Toth
Charles Baxter
Arthur Homer
William Trowbridge
Sandra Benítez
John Hildebrand
James Crumley
Patricia Calvert
Philip S. Bryant
Jonis Agee  *

1992-93

Olga Broumas
Bruce Weigl
Terry Davis
Jane von Mehren
Stephen Trimble
Stuart Dybek
Cary Waterman
Carol Bly
Gregory Maguire
James Welch
Peter Leschak  *

1993-94

Alan Davis
David Mason
Julie Landsman
Dennis Cass
Leslie Adrienne Miller
Bruce Taylor
Mary Logue
David Haynes
Sheila O’Connor
Jim Northrup
Chris Crutcher  *

1994-95

Gary Soto
Davis Miller
Jim Heynen
Patricia Barone
Mary Francois Rockcastle
Judith Hougen
William Trowbridge
Robert Hedin
Barry Silesky
Sharon Solwitz
Sharman Apt Russell  *

1995-96

Tim O’Brien
Jon  Hassler
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Robert Wrigley
J. Otis Powell!
Lynn Emanuel
Pattiann Rogers
Ron Hansen
Phyllis Barber  *

1996-97

Mary Swander
Kyoko Mori
Sherman Alexie
Josip Novakovich
Ted Kooser
Jule Selbo
Li-Young Lee
Sandra Adelmund
Joe Kane  *

1997-98

Alexs Pate        
Thom Tammaro
Mark Vinz
Lewis Nordan
Susan Yuzna
Beth Weatherby
David Treuer        
Jim Daniels
John Calderazzo  *
Freya Manfred
Roseann Lloyd

1998-99

Donald Morrill
Robert Lacy
Judith Guest
Joyce Sutphen
Terry Davis
Cathy Day
Susan Power
Al Young
Debra Marquart  *

1999-2000

Martín Espada
Alison Baker
Jon Hassler
Marilyn Nelson
Rick DeMarinis
Susan Perabo
Duff Brenna
Kim Barnes

2000-2001

Ayse Papatya Bucak
Ron Carlson
Patricia Clark
Jonis Agee
Richard Terrill
Richard Robbins
John Calvin Rezmerski
M. Evelina Galang
Davis Miller
Tim Seibles
Antonya Nelson

2001-2002

Melissa Pritchard
Lorna Landvik
William Trowbridge
Thomas R. Smith
Robert Bly
Oliver de la Paz
Allison Joseph
Ian Frazier
Emily Carter  *
Aimee Bender
James Welch

2002-2003

Terry Davis
Paul Zimmer
Denise Duhamel
Stephen Dunn
Jim Heynen
Alison McGhee
Shannon Olson
Sharon Chmielarz
Orval Lund
Jude Nutter
J.P. White
Nancy Loewen
Marybeth Lorbiecki
Mai Neng Moua
Thien-Bao Thuc Phi
Julie Landsman
Valerie Miner
Cheri Register
Bill Holm
Philip Bryant
David Haynes
Philip Dacey  *
Heather Sellers
Alyson Hagy
Ray Gonzalez

2003-2004

Debra Magpie Earling
Rebecca Fjelland Davis
Connie Wanek
Ed Bok Lee
Thien-Bao Thuc Phi
Lisa Bullard
John Coy
Phyllis Root
Norah Labiner
George Rabasa
Sarah Stonich
Betsy Brown
Anna George Meek
Leslie Adrienne Miller
Barrie Jean Borich
Mary Rose O’Reilley
Madelon Sprengnether
Susan Power
Candace Black
Edward Micus
Kent Meyers  *
Richard Terrill
Michael Perry
Jim Redmond
Bart Schneider

2004-2005

Nancy Eimers
William Olsen
Philip Bryant
Judy Blunt
Wang Ping
Tony Hoagland
Pam  Houston
S.L. Wisenberg  *
Jane Jeong Trenka
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

2005-2006

Diana Joseph
Richard Robbins
Roger Sheffer
Steve Gehrke
Nicole Helget
Mike Magnuson
Bernard MacLaverty
Ed-Bok Lee
Juliana Pegues
Thien-Bao Thuc Phi
Charles Baxter
Benjamin Drevlow
Stuart Dybek
Candace Black
Suzanne Bunkers
Terry Davis
Richard Terrill
Pete Hautman
Cathy Day
Catie Rosemurgy
Judith Guest  *
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Lee Ann Roripaugh

2006-2007

Dodie Miller
Alison McGhee
Samrat Upadhyay
Terrance Hayes
Jim Moore
Melanie Rae Thon
Pamela Porter
Sharon Dilworth
Katrina Vandenberg
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Joe Mackall  *
Fan Shen

This year's Good Thunder Reading Series is funded by the Minnesota State University Department of English, the MSU College of Arts and Humanities, the MSU Office of Institutional Diversity, MSU Library Services, 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 and the McKnight Foundation. 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. The Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Minnesota State offers additional support.