FALL 2010

MSU MANKATO FACULTY RESIDENCY

Fiction writer

Geoff Herbach

Fiction and creative nonfiction writer

Diana Joseph

Creative nonfiction writer and poet

Richard Terrill

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Fiction writer

Dan Chaon

Thursday, September 30, 2010

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ROBERT C. WRIGHT MINNESOTA WRITER RESIDENCY

Creative nonfiction writer and 2010 Robert Wright Award winner

Kara Garbe

Poet

Freya Manfred

Poet

John Rezmerski

Thursday, October 21, 2010

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Poet

Melissa Kwasny

Poet

Lee Ann Roripaugh

Poet

Yusef Komunyakaa

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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SPRING 2011

Fiction writer

Ru Freeman

Fiction writer

Reif Larsen

Thursday, January 27, 2011

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EDDICE B. BARBER VISITING WRITER RESIDENCY

Fiction writer

Patricia Henley

Poet

Carlos Reyes

Tuesday-Friday, February 8-11, 2011

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NADINE B. ANDREAS VISITING WRITER RESIDENCY

Fiction writer and 2010-2011 Andreas Graduate Assistant

Amanda Schumacher

Fiction and creative nonfiction writer and 2010-2011 Andreas Visiting Writer

George Saunders

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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Fiction writer for young adults

Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Fiction writer for young adults

Rebecca Fjelland Davis

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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This year’s Good Thunder Reading Series is funded by the Minnesota State Mankato 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 the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. This activity is also made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. MSU Library Services and the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Minnesota State offer additional assistance.