THE EDDICE B. BARBER VISITING WRITER RESIDENCY

Fiction writer

Aryn Kyle

Tuesday-Friday, February 16-19, 2010

Writing workshop
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 A.M.—CSU Room 202
Talk on craft
Thursday, 3:00 P.M.—CSU Ostrander Auditorium
Reading
Thursday, 7:30 P.M.—CSU Room 253

Aryn Kyle's debut novel, The God of Animals, was published in 2007 and has become an international bestseller. Kyle's short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly; The Georgia Review; Ploughshares; Best American Short Stories, 2007; and elsewhere. Her short story collection, You Belong To Me, will be published by Scribner in 2010.

See a writing sample by Kyle.

Listen to the interview, craft talk, or reading.

To learn more about Kyle, see this web site.

If you attended any component of this residency, please offer your comments.

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.