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A founder and editor of the seminal poetry journals Caterpillar and Sulfur and a former EMU English professor, Eshleman is a National Book Award-winning poet whose poems are driven forward by a neo-Whitmanesque poetic personality,[...]

Elizabeth McKenzie will read from her latest novel, The Portable Veblen. Set in and around Palo Alto, amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, and with the specter of our current[...]

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. Tonight: Joah Berg and Scott Seres. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm[...]

John G. Rodwan, Jr. is the author of the essay collections Holidays and Other Disasters and Fighters & Writers as well as the chapbook Christmas Things. His poems and nonfiction have appeared in journals such[...]

Help Nicola’s  celebrate Dr. Petty’s release of his new book Dr. Petty’s Pain Relief for Dogs. When you join us for this event please if you can bring dry dog or cat food with you for[...]

Garth Greenwell will read from his debut novel, What Belongs to You. On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia’s National Palace of Culture. There he meets Mitko,[...]

Please join us for a discussion of how to really get big money out of politics by Derek Cressman, author of When Money Talks – The High Price of “Free” Speech and the Selling of[...]

Michigan native Travis Mulhauser will read from his debut novel Sweetgirl. “SWEETGIRL is a gritty, compelling novel of a world where even a sixteen-year-old must confront what Edith Wharton called ‘the hard considerations of the poor.’[...]

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.

Young-adult author Ruta Sepetys reads from her latest novel, Salt to the Sea. Salt to the Sea is a masterful work of historical fiction inspired by the single greatest maritime disaster in history: the real-life tragedy[...]

NoViolet Bulawayo won the 2014 PEN-Hemingway Award, the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing, and the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2014. We Need New Names was a finalist for numerous other awards, including[...]

David Joy will read from his latest novel, Where All Light Tends to Go. Reading with David will be special guest and Man Booker nominated author Chigozie Obioma. Author and Midwestern Gothic co-founder Robert James[...]

This month we will host a full hour of Open Mic when area poets can read their own work of share a favorite poem by another author. This is a monthly poetry series held on[...]

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

Born in 1989 and currently living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Z.G. Tomaszewski is a poet, rambler, handyman, and musician as well as co-director of Lamp Light Musical Festival and a founding member of Great Lakes[...]

Poet Amber Tamblyn will read from her 2015 collection Dark Sparkler. A unique, poetic, and harrowing exploration of life, death, celebrity, and immortality, from actress and acclaimed poet Amber Tamblyn, Dark Sparkler is “a smartly crafted[...]

Zell Writers’ Program Alum Mo Daviau reads from her debut novel, Every Anxious Wave. A wild romp of a love story across time, interweaving astrophysics and indie rock. Karl Bender exclusively uses his Chicago apartment’s[...]

This event will be recorded In the webcomic and graphic novel Mom’s Cancer, Brian Fies told the story of his mother’s diagnosis and treatment for cancer, and its effect on his family. “Mom’s Cancer” began[...]

Reading by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative (Kalamazoo) cofounder Denise Miller, author of the recent CORE, a collection of poems based on the stories of African American sharecroppers of the Great Migration.

Literati welcomes young-adult author and Ann Arbor native Gavriel Savit in support of Anna and the Swallow Man: a stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel set in Poland during the Second World War, perfect for readers of The[...]

RC Creative Writing alumna Carrie Smith and three-time Hopwood winner discusses her debut crime novel, Silent City, a police procedural whose lead character, an NYPD detective, is cancer survivor returning to work.  

Angela Flournoy is the author of The Turner House, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The novel was a Summer 2015 Barnes & Noble Discover Great[...]

RC Creative Writing alumna Carrie Smith will read from Silent City, her new crime novel. Carrie won three Hopwood Awards (one in 1977 and two in 1979), and a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work[...]

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. Tonight: Francis Santana and Cab Tran. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and[...]

Kristen Remenar is a children’s librarian, writer, teacher, and national speaker on literacy. She is married to author/illustrator Matt Faulkner. This is her first picture book A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Matt[...]

U-M drama students in Kate Mendeloff’s play production seminar direct and perform renowned English playwright Caryl Churchill’s acclaimed 2012 play about relationships in the digital age presented as an evolving mosaic  

Readings by Joy Gaines-Friedler, a widely published Detroit-area poet who has published 2 collections, and Scott Beal, a local performance poet whose 2015 debut collection Wait ‘Til You Have Real Problems, deploys familiar characters from[...]

This internationally recognized Malawian writer and social activist reads from his work. He won the 2013 Peer Gynt Literary Award for his sci-fi fantasy Azotus the Kingdom.Signing. Chikoti also does a Q&A at 2 p.m.[...]

The University of Michigan’s MiSciWriters, Rackham Graduate School and Literati Bookstore invite you to a unique opportunity to hear a panel of scientists discuss “Contributing to Science through Writing.” Panelists will include Nick Wigginton, Senior Editor[...]

Feb. 27 & 28 (different programs). Performances for adults (Sat.) & families (Sun.) by top-notch storytellers from around the country and the state. Headliners are 2 storytellers whose commentaries have been featured on NPR’s All[...]

Feb. 27 & 28 (different programs). Performances for adults (Sat.) & families (Sun.) by top-notch storytellers from around the country and the state. Headliners are 2 storytellers whose commentaries have been featured on NPR’s All[...]

Vic Amato holds a PhD in political science/public administration from Wayne State University, Detroit. He is a former journalist, mental health services administrator, and college instructor, and he served with the Third Infantry Division. He and[...]