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Reading by Tarfia Faizullah, a Pushcart Prize-winning Bangladeshi American poet who is also a U-M creative writing lecturer. Followed by a poetry and short fiction open mike.

Join the University of Michigan’s undergraduate-run Xylem Literary Magazine for our first open mic of the year – a night of storytelling, poetry, singing, and life-sharing as we bond over words and tea. Free. (312) 576-0160; xylemliterarymagazine@gmail.com;[...]

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you[...]

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work.Tonight: Fiction writer Will Klein and poet Kathleen Schenck. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in[...]

Literati is delighted to welcome harlequin creature back for the launch of their new issue! Come help harlequin creature celebrate its latest issue, “letter to form,” dedicated to visual poetry and typewriter art, with a lively panel[...]

Join us for the RC Creative Writing Program Senior Reading celebrating December Graduates Elena Potek and Nadia Todoroff. Light refreshments, great writing!

All invited to read and discuss their poetry or short stories. Bring about 6 copies of your work to share. Hosted by local poets and former college English teachers Joe Kelty and Ed Morin.

Tung-Hui Hu is the author of three books of poetry including Greenhouses, Lighthouses (Copper Canyon Press, 2013), as well as a study of digital culture, A Prehistory of the Cloud (MIT Press, 2015). His poems[...]

Best-selling local sportswriter John U. Bacon, author of Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football, discusses his new book.

Cookies & discounts as well as a visit with Jane Cleland (Ornaments of Death) and D.E. Ireland (Move Your Blooming Corpse).

Bonnie Jo Campbell teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific University. The author of Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories (published in October by W.W. Norton), Once Upon a River and American Salvage, she lives[...]

Reading by the widely published Detroit poet Tommye Blount. The program begins with open mike readings.