Florida writer Julianna Baggott will visit Minnesota State Mankato Thursday, Feb. 19, as part of the Good Thunder Reading Series program.
Baggott – who publishes children’s books under the name N.E. Bode and fiction for adults under the name Bridget Asher – will meet with individual writers and will be interviewed on KMSU-FM in the morning. At 3 p.m. in Ostrander Auditorium (Centennial Student Union) she will lead a discussion on the craft of writing. At 7:30 p.m. in CSU 253 she will read from her published work.
All Good Thunder events are free and open to the public.
Baggott is the author of 14 books – published and forthcoming – including national bestseller “Girl Talk” and “Which Brings Me to You” (co-written with Steve Almond); three books of poems; and seven novels for young readers, most notably “The Anybodies” trilogy, under the pen name N.E. Bode.
Twelve editions of her novels have been published overseas. Her work has appeared in dozens of publications, including “Best American Poetry 2000,” “180 More Extraordinary Poems for Everyday” (ed. Billy Collins), The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry, Glamour and Ms. Magazine, and has been read on National Public radio’s “Talk of the Nation.”
She lives in Florida with her husband, writer David G.W. Scott, and their four children, and teaches at Florida State University’s Creative Writing Program. Baggott and Scott are co-founders of the nonprofit organization Kids in Need; Books in Deed, providing books for foster children, children in shelters and children of incarcerated parents.
An “Authors in Transit” series interview with Baggott will air on public radio station KMSU 89.7 FM on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m., and on Friday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m.
This year’s Good Thunder Reading Series is funded by the Minnesota State Mankato Department of English, the College of Arts & 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. It is made possible in part by a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds appropriated by the Minnesota Legislature and the McKnight Foundation. It is also made possible by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through a legislative appropriation and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Library Services and the Barnes & Noble Bookstore offer additional assistance.
Those who want more information about the series may call Richard Robbins at the Department of English, (507) 389-1354.
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