Event Canceled

This event has been canceled. 

If you have tickets for this event, you will be contacted separately about your tickets.

Thank you.

Tayari Jones

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 POSTPONED - please check back for new date/time


Ted Mann Concert Hall
2128 Fourth St S
Minneapolis, Minnesota

General Admission Tickets:
General Public*: $25
UMN Student: Free (limit 1 per U Card; must present U Card to pick up ticket)
Note: We encourage students to get tickets early, as there is a limited number of student tickets available.
*ticket fees will be applied at time of purchase 

Reception and author signing to follow the lecture with books available to purchase courtest of the University of Minnesota Bookstores.


Tayari Jones  is one of the most exciting voices in modern fiction. She is a New York Times best-selling author of four novels including the 2018 bestseller An American Marriage, which has received multiple awards including the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Aspen Words Prize, an NAACP Image Award, and has sold over 500,000 copies.

On May 6, Jones will be the first speaker in the newly named Archie Givens Jr. NOMMO* African American Speaker Series. It builds on the work of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature and honors Archie Givens Jr.’s lifelong commitment to African American writers, audiences, and literature—one that finds a lasting legacy in the University of Minnesota Libraries’ Givens Collection of African American Literature while providing a powerful platform for African American cultural leaders.

*NOMMO is a Dogon word meaning “the magic power of the word”
 

University of Minnesota Libraries
Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries
Givens Foundation of African American Literature
African American Leadership Forum
UMN Givens Collection of African American Literature
UMN Umbra Search African American History
UMN Department of African American & African Studies
UMN Urban Research & Outreach Engagement Center (UROC)