Past: A Night With Fiction Writer R.M. Kinder

Come out to hear R.M. Kinder read selection of her fiction.

R. M. Kinder is the author of two novels, The Universe Playing Strings (U of New Mexico, August 2016), An Absolute Gentleman (Counterpoint, 2007); two collections of short fiction, A Near-Perfect Gift (U of Michigan 2005 literary fiction award) and Sweet Angel Band (Helicon Nine 1991 Willa Cather award); and co-author of a dual media biography: Old Time Fiddling: Hal Sappington, Missouri Fiddler (Johnson Country Missouri Historical Society, 2012). Her new short story collection, The Dancer’s Son and Other Stories, was a finalist for the 2016 Richard Sullivan Prize in Fiction, and her recent novel, The Universe Playing Strings, was a finalist for the 2017 Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Award. Her short-stories, non-fiction, and poems have appeared in over sixty publications, among them Notre Dame Review, Connecticut Review, Confrontation, Appalachian Journal, and, most recently, Missouri Life. From 1989 to 2002, she was a professor of English at the University of Central Missouri. Her teaching emphases were women writers and creative writing. She was Coordinator of Creative Writing, editor of Pleiades literary journal, and founder of Pleiades Press. Currently editor emerita, Kinder still reads for Pleiades , particularly as judge for the journal’s realistic national fiction contest. She serves also as advisory editor with New Letters journal and BkMk Press and is a co-editor at Sweetgum Press and Cave Hollow Press, both of which promote regional writing. A songwriter and musician, Kinder maintains a video/photo archive of performances by local musicians. She lives and writes in Warrensburg, MO with her husband and their canine and feline companions, Lily, Pip, Pearly, and Twitch.