As a part of 天天吃瓜鈥檚 , graphic novelists , and will engage in a panel discussion about their individual work as well as the medium of graphic narratives. University of Chicago professor and expert on comics and graphic narratives will moderate the discussion.
The uniquely crafted stories deal with everyday life situations, particularly those surrounding womanhood. Summers鈥 鈥淧regnant Butch鈥 humorously deals with a woman鈥檚 struggle to balance her 鈥渂utch-ness鈥 with being pregnant. Georges鈥 鈥淐alling Dr. Laura鈥 illustrates a story about the perils of family secrets through the eyes of a young girl. Gloeckner鈥檚 鈥淎 Child鈥檚 Life鈥 captures a teenage girl鈥檚 loss of innocence when dealing with hazardous situations.
鈥淲e are very lucky to have all three of them. It is a big thing for us to bring writers of this caliber from a growing genre,鈥 said , director of Northeastern鈥檚 Office of Cultural Events. 鈥淭heir stories are funny and poignant in dealing with serious issues like abuse, coming of age and LGBT issues. It will be great to get inside their minds in how they told their stories.鈥
English Assistant Professor Alicia Erian and Professor Ryan Poll are responsible for inviting the writers for this first-ever graphic novel panel. Poll teaches a class titled The Graphic Novel: Literary, Cultural and Linguistic Approaches, and will bring his class to the panel.
鈥淭he Visiting Writers Series connects major writers with our classrooms,鈥 Miller added. 鈥淲e are happy to put these writers on the forefront at Northeastern and expose our students to them.鈥
Free and open to the public, the panel discussion will be held on Tuesday, March 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Auditorium, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago.
