Breaking in a new semester with a faculty reading and craft talk, the Good Thunder Reading Series will host writers Richard Robbins, Candace Black and Roger Sheffer today.
The craft talk will be held in the Ostrander Auditorium at 3 p.m. and will be followed by a reading at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union Room 253. Both events are free and open to the public.
Robbins has published five poetry books, his most recent releases being "Radioactive City" and "Other Americas." In addition to being a published writer, Robbins currently directs the creative writing program and the Good Thunder Reading Series at MSU.
Christopher Howell, the author of "Light's Ladder," explains Robbins' newest book "Other Americas," "…California to Albuquerque to Portland to Montana, these strong poems map the many privacies, the secret momentariness, that is America's human dream. And inside of this breadth is a deeply personal journey brought to us with great skill."
Sheffer, who has been teaching at Minnesota State University since 1980, has most recently published four first-prize-winning stories, which were featured in "Third Coast," "Fugue," "Yemassee" and "The Baltimore Review." His published work can be found in three collections, the most recent being "Music of the Inner Lakes" from New Rivers Press.
Black's poems and essays have been featured in "Chariton Review," "Milkweed Chronicle" and "War, Literature and the Arts". She won the Minnesota Voices Poetry Prize in 2000 for her first book of poems, "The Volunteer". Her new chapbook, "Casa Marina", is due to come out this month.
Along with the craft talk and reading there will also be an interview as part of the "Authors in Transit" series on public radio station KMSU 89.7 FM. The interview will air today at 1 p.m. and Friday at 11 a.m.
Sam Campbell is a Reporter staff writer
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