March 14: Minnesota State Mankato's Good Thunder Reading Series Hosts Artist and Author Ngozi Uzaku

Thursday, March 14, 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
First event is workshop

Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato’s 2023-2024 Good Thunder Reading Series will host artist and author Ngozi Uzaku with a series of events Thursday, March 14.

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

March 14 schedule:

• 10-11 a.m. – Workshop, Memorial Library, First Floor, SW Corner.
• 3-3:50 p.m. – “Talk on Craft,” Performing Arts Building, Room 203A. Books available for purchase.
• 7:30-8:15 p.m. – Reading with Ngozi Uzaku, Centennial Student Union, Room 245. Books available for purchase.

About the featured artist and author (courtesy of the Good Thunder Reading Series): Ngozi Ukazu is a DC Comics artist and the author of the New York Times-bestselling series, “Check Please!,” an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains one of the most funded comics Kickstarters ever. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in computing and the arts, and later received a master’s degree in sequential arts. Since 2020, her cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker.

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.