Thanks go out to our wonderful 2012 sponsors!
FCBF official booksellers:
The 2012 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 16-18 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Author Biography
Richard Robbins grew up in Southern California and Montana. He earned his undergraduate degree at San Diego State University and went on to study with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees at the University of Montana, where he earned his MFA. He has published five books of poems, most recently Radioactive City (2009) and Other Americas (2010). Robbins has received awards from The Loft, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America. He directs the creative writing program and Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Additional Information
- The MSU Richard Robbins webpage
- Interview about the collection Other Americas
- Sample poems from Radioactive City with links to the author reading them
The author will read from his most recently published books.
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