Nov. 9: Minnesota State Mankato's Good Thunder Reading Series Features Writer Shelley Wong

Thursday, November 9, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
First event

Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato’s 2023-2024 Good Thunder Reading Series is hosting its next event Thursday, Nov. 9, when writer Shelley Wong visits campus for a series of events. Wong is this year’s annual Eddice B. Barber visiting writer.

All of the events are free and open to the public.

Nov. 9 schedule:

• 10-11 a.m. – Workshop, Memorial Library, First Floor, SW Corner.
• 3-3:50 p.m. – “Talk on Craft,” Earley Center for Performing Arts, Room 203A. Books available for purchase.
• 7:30-8:15 p.m. – Wong will read from her work, Centennial Student Union, Room 245. Books available for purchase.

About the featured writer (courtesy of the Good Thunder Reading Series): Shelley Wong is the author of “As She Appears” (YesYes Books), winner of a 2023 Lambda Literary Award and longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review and New England Review. Her honors include a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from MacDowell and Kundiman.

Founded in 1981, the Good Thunder Reading Series brings nationally and internationally acclaimed writers from diverse backgrounds and literary traditions to Mankato, Minnesota, with the goal of promoting access to great literature, inspiring creativity and connections in our communities, and fostering lively conversations about how writers work and why writing matters.

The Good Thunder Reading Series is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

The 2023-24 Good Thunder Reading Series also receives support from Minnesota State Mankato’s Department of Creative Arts; College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; the Nadine B. Andreas Endowment, the Eddice B. Barber Visiting Writer Endowment, the Robert C. Wright Endowment and individual donors.

For more information or to get involved, contact Robin Becker, a creative writing faculty member at Minnesota State Mankato, at robin.becker@mnsu.edu, or visit gt.mnsu.edu.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,635 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.