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Mar
31
Thu
Literati Third Anniversary Readings @ Literati Bookstore
Mar 31 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Literati celebrates its third birthday!

As on our previous anniversary parties, In the spirit of donating and giving back, all book sales throughout the day will benefit SafeHouse Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Additionally, we’ll be hosting a reading from friends & family, featuring the work of former Literati booksellers Russ Brakefield and Tom McCartan, current Literati booksellers John Ganiard, Mairead Small Staid, Sam Krowchenko, and Gina Balibrera, and our dear friend Ray McDaniel.

This event is free and open to the public.

Gina Balibrera is a graduate of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and was a Zell Postgraduate Fellow in Prose at the University of Michigan in 2013-2014. Gina lives in Ann Arbor, where she works at a bookstore, teaches writing at the University of Michigan, and is finishing a novel set in 1930s El Salvador and France.

Russell Brakefield received his MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. He lives in Ann Arbor where he teaches writing at the University of Michigan and works as the managing editor for Canarium Books. His most recent work appears in The Southern Indiana ReviewHobart, and Language Lessons: An Anthology by Third Man Records. He is currently an artist in residence with the University Musical Society.

John M. Ganiard lives and works in Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA).

Sam Krowchenko’s writing has appeared in SalonMichigan Quarterly Review, and Full Stop.

Tom McCartan used to work at LIterati. He’s had stories published in Unsaid,Hobart, and some other places. He also used to work at Melville House. Once he even at a music show at Literati, to which he brought a case of beer.

Mairead Small Staid is a poet and essayist whose work can be found in AGNI, The Believer, The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Narrative, Ninth Letter, andPloughshares, as well as online at The Awl, The Hairpin, Jezebel, and The Point.

Raymond McDaniel is the author of Special Powers and Abilities, Saltwater Empire and Murder (a violet), a National Poetry Series selection. His writing appears in many magazines and in the anthology American Poets in the 21st Century. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, teaches at the University of Michigan, and writes for The Constant Critic.

Apr
2
Sat
James Stevens and Ralph Nelson: Digital Vernacular @ Literati
Apr 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Literati is pleased to welcome James Stevens and Ralph Nelson for a discussion of their book Digital Vernacular: Architectural Principles, Tools, and Processes.

Digital Vernacular addresses the why and how of digital fabrication in hundreds of step-by-step color images, illuminating a set of working principles and techniques that join theory with practice. Authors James Stevens and Ralph Nelson reconcile local traditions and innovations with globally accessible methods and digital toolsets. By combining ethics with hardware, the book will root you in the origins of making, ensuring a lasting and relevant reference for your studio practice.

The book opens with the origins and principles of the digital vernacular, then outlines digital vernacular tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC) mills, laser cutters, and 3D printers. You’ll even learn to create your own digital fabrication tools out of inexpensive materials. The book concludes with the processes of the digital vernacular, including techniques for removing, joining, forming, and adding.

A companion website at make-Lab.org hosts additional step-by-step processes and project outcomes.

James Stevens is an Associate Professor and the Director of makeLab, a digital fabrication studio in the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University in Michigan, USA.

Ralph Nelson is an Associate Professor in the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University and Principal of Loom, a collaborative design practice, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Apr
3
Sun
Poetry Slam @ Espresso Royale
Apr 3 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short set by a featured poet.
8-11 p.m. (sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m.),  $5 suggested donation. A2poetry.com.

Apr
5
Tue
Book Trivia Night @ Literati
Apr 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

 Calling all trivia enthusiasts and book lovers!

We’re hosting a fun, prize-filled evening of book trivia. Bring your own teams (no larger than 6 people per team) or come and we’ll pair you with new bookish friends.

The team who wins receives $25 gift cards for each person; 2nd place gets $10 gift cards. Free, sign up when you arrive (and start thinking of those creative, book-themed team names!)

Also, we’ll have a tournament at the end of the year with the winning teams. (Still TBD.)

RSVP here.

Rule #1: The first rule of Trivia Night is that you can’t talk about Trivia Night (kidding!).

Rule #2: Teams can be up to 6 players. Come with a team or recruit one when you arrive.

Rule #3: No cell phones or any other devices can be used.

Teams work together to answer questions on paper. Scores will be announced after every round. There is no limit to the number of teams. There will be adult and children’s book clues.

You will be required to have a team name, and  creativity is encouraged.  Past teams have been: Little Random House on the Prairie, Bookslingers on Ice, Poets “R” We, well, you get the drift.

Grand Prize–  Bragging rights and Literati Gift Cards.

Consolation Prize: There is no such thing as consolation in the cut-throat world of Trivia Night!

And may the odds be ever in your favor!

Apr
6
Wed
Women’s Hebrew Poetry on American Shores: Poems by Anne Kleiman and Annabelle Farmelant @ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
Apr 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Literati is pleased to present a roundtable discussion, in conjunction with the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, to mark the publication of Women’s Hebrew Poetry on American Shores: Poems by Anne Kleiman and Annabelle Farmelant.

Although Anne (Chana) Kleiman—who died in 2011 at the age of 101—was the first American-born Jewish woman to publish poems in Hebrew, and Annabelle (Chana) Farmelant—who is still living and occasionally publishing—wrote a substantial body of Hebrew verse from the 1940s to the 1960s, their work is virtually unknown today, even to those familiar with Hebrew literature in America. The roundtable will discuss the singular voices of these women, introduce their captivating and wide–ranging poetry and place it in its historical, literary, and cultural contexts. The rountable will feature editor Shachar Pinsker, the translator Adriana Jacobs, Adina Kleiman (the daughter of the poet Anne Kleiman), and faculty from the Frankel Center who are experts on American Jewish Literature.

Apr
7
Thu
Emerging Writers: Publishing Options @ AADL Traverwood
Apr 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm

local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss the difference between traditional and self-publishing and examine the benefits and drawbacks of each path. For adult and teen (grade 6 & up) fiction and nonfiction writers.

Apr
14
Thu
Storytellers Guild: Story Night @ Crazy Wisdom
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Storytellers Guild members present a program of old tales and personal stories for grownups.  Free; donations accepted.annarborstorytelling.org, facebook.com/annarborstorytellers. 665-2757.

 

Apr
15
Fri
National Library Week: Mardi Jo Link @ AADL
Apr 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Michigan Notable Book Author Mardi Jo Link will discuss her memoirs, Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm and The Drummond Girls, as well as some of her new projects and the craft of writing.

Mardi’s memoir, “Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass On a Northern Michigan Farm” was an Indie Next pick, was given the 2013 Booksellers Choice Award from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association, an Elle magazine’s Reader’s Prize, the Housatonic Book Award for Nonfiction, and was named a Michigan Notable Book. Film rights have been sold to Academy Award-winning actress, Rachel Weisz.

She has also written the true crime books, When Evil Came to Good Hart, Isadore’s Secret:Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town, and Wicked Takes the Witness Stand:A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan, which were each Heartland bestsellers. Her essays have appeared in Bellingham Review, Bear River Review, Creative Nonfiction, the Detroit Free Press, Publishers Weekly, Terrain, and Traverse Magazine, among other places.

Mardi Jo Link was born in Detroit and grew up in Bay City and studied journalism and agriculture at Michigan State University. She was a founder of the magazine, ForeWord Reviews, in Traverse City, Michigan, and earned her master’s degree in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte, in North Carolina.

She is the mother of three grown sons and lives in Traverse City, Michigan, with her husband, Pete, and their dog, Gretchen.

Apr
16
Sat
Women Writers of Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reading @ Angell Hall, Rm 3222
Apr 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

 Women Writers of Ann Arbor/Ypsi meet four times a year to read their works in all genres.
Visitors and new members welcome to our Spring Read on April 16. Ask for information, RSVP or signup as member atwwaaygroup@gmail.com Website: www.wwaay.com
SAVE THE DATE
WORKSHOPS AND PEER CRITIQUES OCTOBER 15, 2016
Check website for more details
3222 Angell Hall, 435 S. State Street. Donation. 734 545-0586.wwaaygroup@gmail.com www.wwaay.com

 

Slam Off: Ann Arbor Poetry Slam @ Espresso Royale
Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The top 12 qualifiers from the weekly slams over the past several months compete for a spot on the team that will represent Ann Arbor in the National Poetry Slam held in Decatur (GA) in August. Also, a performance by featured reader is Tim “Toaster Henderson,” a renowned Chicago slam poet who has represented Berkeley at the National Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam .
7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $10 (students, $8) in advance at a2poetry.org, $15 (students, $14) at the door. (503) 396-3472..

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