RC assistant professor Stephen Ward discusses In Love and Struggle: The Revolutionary Lives of James and Grace Lee Boggs, his new book about two largely unsung but critically important Detroit figures in the black freedom struggle. Signing.
Local fiction writer Leslie “Elle” Wright, best known for her Edge of Scandal romance novels, offers tips on revising your written work and how to get published.&A. Signing In conjunction with the end of National Novel Writing Month, a nonprofit promotion challenging teens and adults to write a 50,000-word novel by the end of November.
2-4 p.m., AADL Traverwood Branch
Every 1st & 3rd Sun. Readings by featured poets, preceded by a poetry open mike.
Dec. 4: Readings Siaara Freeman, a poet from Cleveland whose poems explore the resilient spirit of people struggling with the realities of inner-city living, and Scott Beal, a Pushcart Prize-winning local poet whose recently published debut collection Wait ‘Til You Have Real Problems deploys familiar characters from Rapunzel to Perseus and whimsically surreal tall tales to explore the varied and violent forces that shape human identities.
Dec. 18: Open mike only.
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7-9 p.m. (sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.), Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetry.
Neutral Zone and Literati Bookstore are partnering to present an Open Mic Night for writers ages 19 and under! Poets, storytellers, short story writers…. everyone is invited to take to the mic in a safe and welcoming environment. The event is free and open to the public.
Monthly open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit storytelling organization that also produces a weekly public radio show. Each month 10 storytellers are selected at random from among those who sign up to tell a 3-5 minute story on the monthly theme. The 3 judges are recruited from the audience. Monthly winners compete in a semiannual Grand Slam. Space limited, so it’s smart to arrive early.
Note: Beginning in August, the Storyslam is held twice a month, on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays.
7:30-9 p.m. (doors open and sign-up begins at 6 p.m.), The Circus, 210 S. First. $10. 764-5118.
All writers welcome to share and discuss their poetry and short fiction. Sign up for new participants begins at 6:45 p.m.
Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be found here.
Laura Kasischke was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 2012, for Space, in Chains. She has published nine novels, one short story collection, and eight books of poetry, most recently The Infinitesimals. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as several Pushcart Prizes and numerous poetry awards and her writing has appeared in Best American Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Harper’s and The New Republic. She has a son and step-daughter and lives with her family and husband in Chelsea, Michigan. She is Allan Seager Colleagiate Professor of English Language & Literature at the University of Michigan.
Storytellers Guild members present a program of old tales and personal stories for grownups.
Free; donations accepted.annarborstorytelling.org, facebook.com/annarborstorytellers.
U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in scenes from Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s celebrated 2-play series exploring the apocalyptic fears at the heart of contemporary culture, and ‘Night Mother, Marsha Norman’s controversial 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a divorced woman, living with her mother, who chooses suicide in an effort to take control of her own life.
U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in scenes from several contemporary plays on race in America.
