Fiction/creative nonfiction writer and 2009 Robert Wright Award winner

Amanda Schumacher

Fiction and creative nonfiction writer

David McGlynn

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Talk on craft
3:00 P.M.—CSU Ostrander Auditorium
Reading
7:30 P.M.—CSU Room 284

Amanda Schumacher is currently in her second year of the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato for fiction writing. She comes from Ames, Iowa, where she received her Masters Degree in English from Iowa State University. Amanda enjoys traveling, reading, and film. Her fiction ranges from YA novels to short stories. She equally enjoys writing non-fiction.

David McGlynn is the author of the collection of stories, The End of the Straight and Narrow. His recent fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Black Warrior Review, The Missouri Review, Shenandoah, Ninth Letter, and other publications. He is currently working on a collection of personal essays, titled Rough Water. He teaches at Lawrence University and lives in Appleton, Wisconsin with his wife and two sons.

See a writing sample by Schumacher.

See a writing sample by McGlynn.

Listen to Amanda Schumacher's reading.

Listen to McGlynn's interview, craft talk, or reading.

To learn more about McGlynn, 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.