MSU MANKATO ALUMNI READING

Poet and fiction writer

Edward Micus

Poet

Connie Colwell Miller

Poet

Christina Olson

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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

Edward Micus has received an Emerging Voices Award from The Loft, as well as a Loft McKnight Award in Poetry. His prose and poetry have appeared in The North American Review, Poetry, The New York Quarterly, and others. He has published a book stories, Landing Zones, and a book of poems, The Infirmary.

Connie Colwell Miller is a writer, editor, college advisor, and instructor of English. Her collection of poems Bodywearers was published in 2008 by Sol Books. She lives in Mankato with her husband and two children.

Christina Olson’s first book of poems, Before I Came Home Naked, is just out from Spire Press. New work also appears in Brevity, The Best Creative Nonfiction Volume 3, Sou'wester, and Black Warrior Review. She is currently a visiting assistant professor of writing at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

See a writing sample by Micus.

See a writing sample by Miller.

See a writing sample by Olson.

Listen to the interview, craft talk, or reading.

To learn more about Micus, see this web site.

To learn more about Miller, see this web site.

To learn more about Olson, 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.