Mary Lucia
I couldn't just write a book about how afraid I was—because who would read that?
—Mary Lucia
Minnesota Music Icon
Mary Lucia is a local media broadcast personality, writer, actor, and voiceover artist. Known for her unconventional style and expansive music knowledge, she became a wildly popular on-air radio personality at Minnesota Public Radio station The Current over the span of nearly two decades. A shared love of tunes led to connections with a multitude of fans, but for one listener, that connection became a dangerous obsession.
What is it like to stay in the spotlight when it puts your life at risk? Lucia tells the story of a terrifying, three-year stalker nightmare in her profoundly courageous memoir, What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To. With electrifying wit and outrage, Lucia reflects on navigating constant terror amid everyday life. From the good, bad, and weird of growing up in her eccentric family, to drugs, death, and dogs, Lucia uses her signature dark humor to share her life on her own terms. “Mary Lucia has been terrorized and let down and disrespected and underestimated,” says The Pogues’ Rocky O’Riordan, “yet here she is, raw and real with her spirit shining, braver and kinder than ever.”
Lucia hosted the local music show Popular Creeps, which won the Minnesota Music Award for Best Locally Produced Show twice, and she was voted best FM radio personality by City Pages seven times. She currently serves as the program advisor at the University of Minnesota’s Radio K.
This event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is required. Use the links at the top of the page to register for either the in-person event or virtual option.
This event takes place at the Minneapolis Central Library in Pohlad Hall on the 2nd Floor. Pohlad Hall doors open at 6 p.m. for general admission seating. Registrants must check-in for seating by 6:20 p.m. After this time, any open seats will be released to our standby queue.
Order the author's featured book from bookselling partner Magers and Quinn. The book will also be on sale in the event lobby, and a book signing will take place following the talk.
In-Person Event: Accessible and companion seating are available at all Talk of the Stacks events. Check with a staff member or volunteer upon arrival to request this seating. Assistive Listening Devices will also be available at the event check-in table. For all other requests, including ASL interpretation services, please email FriendsEvents@hclib.org at least two weeks prior to your event.
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