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Local young adult fiction writer Lara Zielin and short story writer Alex Kourvo show how to tighten sentences, eliminate repetition, tone plot, and do other things to improve your writing. For adult and teen (grade 6[...]

Readings by U-M creative writing grad students, including fiction writer Elizabeth Ward Dickey and poet Hannah Webster.  

More Information: bit.ly/1NoaXVt Nicola’s Books will be at this event throughout the day selling books. Homegrown Talent Schedule Schedule (subject to change) 8-8:55 AM:  Registration / Mingle / Coffee 9-9:10 AM:  Welcome and Opening 9:10-9:20 AM:  Brief Introduction to[...]

All adults and teens in grade 6 & up invited to learn about this nonprofit promotion (also known as NaNoWriMo) encouraging teens and adults to tackle the challenge of writing a 50,000-word novel by the[...]

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.[...]

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.[...]

Benjamin Paloff will read from his second collection And His Orchestran. Paloff grew up in Atlantic City and is a poetry editor at Boston Review. His poems have appeared in The New Republic, A Public[...]

Acclaimed local poet Carson and Oscar-winning actress Binoche discuss the current production of Antigone (see Oct. 14 listing) that stars Binoche and was translated by Carson. The program begins with a staged reading of Antigonick, Carson’s alternate translation of[...]

Eileen Pollack will read from her latest, The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still A Boys’ Club. The Only Woman in the Room shows us the struggles women in the sciences have been hesitant[...]

Local adult fiction writer Lara Zielin and short story writer Alex Kourvo  host an open house for writers to connect with each other and/or work on their projects.

Local writers Rohn Federbush and Renci Denham read their spooky short stories included in this collection. Signing. For a mature audience.  

Reading by Tarfia Faizullah, a U-M English lecturer whose 2014 collection Seam won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. The program begins with open mike readings.

Readings by U-M creative writing grad students, including fiction writer Christin Lee and poet Amanda Rybin Koob.  7 p.m., UMMA Auditorium, 525 S. State

Reading by Northwestern Michigan College (Traverse City) creative writing teacher Teresa Scollon, author of To Embroider the Ground with Prayer, a collection of poems that explore her father’s illness and death as well as the richness[...]

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.[...]

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[...]

Literati is proud to be the bookseller for “An Evening with Roz Chast” at Towsley Auditorium on the campus of Washtenaw Community College. New Yorker cartoonist and author Roz Chast discusses her new graphic novel, Can’t[...]

A chance to meet 15 writers whose books were selected as a Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan. The program begins with a panel discussion with 4 of the writers–outdoor writer and poet[...]

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.[...]

Readings by U-M creative writing grad students, including fiction writer Cristina Crocker Escribano and poet Jenny Boychuk.