The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) joins UConn Institute of Africana Studies to host Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author Colson Whitehead. Whitehead will join the UConn community on 9/26 at the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Research Center to discuss his latest novel The Nickel Boys. A book signing will follow the lecture. Other sponsors of this event include the Office of the Provost, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of History, the English Department, and the Creative Writing Program.