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Shelley Schanfield Booklaunch 7:00 pm
Shelley Schanfield Booklaunch @ Bookbound Bookstore
Apr 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the release of Book I in ‘The Sadhana Trilogy’! Ann Arbor author Shelley Schanfield practices Buddhism and yoga. Her research sparked her curiosity about Yasodhara, the woman who became Siddhartha’s wife, …

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Spring Open House with Libby Fischer Hellmann, Denise Swanson, and Sarah Zettel 2:00 pm
Spring Open House with Libby Fischer Hellmann, Denise Swanson, and Sarah Zettel @ Aunt Agatha's
Apr 2 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
These 3 mystery writers discuss their new books. Hellmann’s Jump Cut is the latest in her series about a Chicago industrial video producer who this time finds herself entangled in a web of espionage, murder, …

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James Stevens and Ralph Nelson: Digital Vernacular 7:00 pm
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 …

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Poetry Slam 8:00 pm
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. …

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Fiction at Literati: Desiree Cooper 7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Desiree Cooper @ Literati
Apr 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is delighted to welcome Desiree Cooper in support of her debut, Know the Mother. While a mother can be defined as a creator, a nurturer, a protector—at the center of each mother is an individual …

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Harris Memorial Lecture: Laila Lalami 4:00 pm
Harris Memorial Lecture: Laila Lalami @ Rackham Auditorium
Apr 5 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Literati is proud to be the bookseller for the 2016 Jill Harris Memorial Lecture, presented by the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities. Laila Lalami is the author of the novels Hope and Other Dangerous …

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Book Trivia Night 7:00 pm
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 …

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Lisa Beazley: Keep Me Posted 7:00 pm
Lisa Beazley: Keep Me Posted @ Nicola's Books
Apr 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Lisa Beazley has worked in journalism and public relations for more than fifteen years. Before becoming self-employed, she worked as a Media Relations Manager for Gensler and as the managing editor at “Hawaii Woman “magazine. …

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Author’s Forum: The Reformation of Emotions in The Age of Shakespeare 5:30 pm
Author’s Forum: The Reformation of Emotions in The Age of Shakespeare @ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
Apr 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Literati is proud to be the bookseller for the Author’s Forum presentation of The Reformation of Emotions in the Age of Shakespeare: A conversation with Steven Mullaney and Doug Trevor. The crises of faith that fractured …

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Diane Burney 7:00 pm
Diane Burney @ Crazy Wisdom
Apr 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Book Signing and Talk with Diane Burney, author of Spiritual Balancing: A Guidebook for Living in the Light Apr. 6, 7 p.m. in the Crazy Wisdom Tea Room A free author event that will include an …

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Saadia Faruqi: Bricks Walls 7:00 pm
Saadia Faruqi: Bricks Walls @ Nicola's Books
Apr 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She writes for a number of publications including Huffington Post and The Islamic Monthly about the global contemporary Muslim experience and about interfaith dialogue. …

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Women’s Hebrew Poetry on American Shores: Poems by Anne Kleiman and Annabelle Farmelant 7:00 pm
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 …

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Zell Visiting Writers Series: R.J. Palacio 5:30 pm
Zell Visiting Writers Series: R.J. Palacio @ UMMA Stern Auditorium
Apr 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Literati is the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan and the 2016 Sarah Marwil Lamstein Children’s Literature Lecture, presented by R.J. Palacio. R.J. Palacio is the author of New …

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Bryan Burrough: Days of Rage 7:00 pm
Bryan Burrough: Days of Rage @ Nicola's Books
Apr 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair magazine and the author of six books, including the No. 1 New York Times Best-Seller Barbarians at the Gate and his latest, Days of Rage. He …

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Emerging Writers: Publishing Options 7:00 pm
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 & …

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Poetry at Literati: Christopher Bakken, David Blair, Cody Walker 7:00 pm
Poetry at Literati: Christopher Bakken, David Blair, Cody Walker @ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
Apr 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome Christopher Bakken, David Blair, and Cody Walker to kick off our celebration of National Poetry Month. Christopher Bakken is department chair and Frederick F. Seeley Professor of English at Allegheny …

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RC Review Release Party 7:00 pm
RC Review Release Party @ Benzinger Library
Apr 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
We would like to invite you to join us in celebrating the release of the 2015-2016 RC Review Literary Magazine! Our release party will be held on April 8th from 7-9pm in the Benz Library, …

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RC Drama Concentration: Blood Wedding 7:30 pm
RC Drama Concentration: Blood Wedding @ Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
Apr 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Apr. 8-10. U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendelof directs RC students in Federico Garcia Lorca’s landmark 1932 drama, a lyrical, expressionist tragedy inspired by a sensational 20s murder case in rural Spain. A young bride flees …

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Melissa Grunow: Realizing River City 3:00 pm
Melissa Grunow: Realizing River City @ Nicola's Books
Apr 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Melissa Grunow is the author of Realizing River City: A Memoir (Tumbleweed Books, 2016). Her writing has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, River Teeth, New Plains Review, Blue Lyra Review, Temenos, and Yemassee, among many others. …

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RC Drama Concentration: Blood Wedding 7:30 pm
RC Drama Concentration: Blood Wedding @ Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
Apr 9 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Apr. 8-10. U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendelof directs RC students in Federico Garcia Lorca’s landmark 1932 drama, a lyrical, expressionist tragedy inspired by a sensational 20s murder case in rural Spain. A young bride flees …

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RC Drama Concentration: Blood Wedding 7:30 pm
RC Drama Concentration: Blood Wedding @ Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory
Apr 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Apr. 8-10. U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendelof directs RC students in Federico Garcia Lorca’s landmark 1932 drama, a lyrical, expressionist tragedy inspired by a sensational 20s murder case in rural Spain. A young bride flees …

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Poetry at Literati: Sarah Messer, Suzanne Wise 7:00 pm
Poetry at Literati: Sarah Messer, Suzanne Wise @ Literati
Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome Sarah Messer and Suzanne Wise as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month. Sarah Messer has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, …

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Zell Visiting Writers Series: Alice McDermott 5:30 pm
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Alice McDermott @ UMMA Apse
Apr 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. McDermott is Johns Hopkins University’s Richard …

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Brian Blanchfield: Proxies 7:00 pm
Brian Blanchfield: Proxies @ Literati
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is delighted to welcome Brian Blanchfield in support of his collection Proxies: Essays Near Knowing. Past compunction, expressly unbeholden, these twenty-four single-subject essays train focus on a startling miscellany of topics —Foot Washing, Dossiers, Br’er …

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Poetry and the Written Word 7:00 pm
Poetry and the Written Word @ Crazy Wisdom
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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.  
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Zell Visiting Writers Series: Alice McDermott and Peter Ho Davies 5:30 pm
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Alice McDermott and Peter Ho Davies @ UMMA Apse
Apr 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. McDermott is Johns Hopkins University’s Richard …

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Open Mike and Share (featuring Marilyn Churchill) 7:00 pm
Open Mike and Share (featuring Marilyn Churchill) @ Bookbound Bookstore
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Poet, Marilyn Churchill will be reading from her new book Memory Stones. “All of life is her material. She takes the everyday and shapes it into a mix of humor and quicksilver.” (Mary Koral) Marilyn …

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RC Senior Thesis Reading 7:00 pm
RC Senior Thesis Reading @ Benzinger Library
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Featured readers include Jennifer Allen, Harish Batra,  Julia Byers, Cameron Finch, Hannah Levine, Sydney Morgan-Green, and Molly Reitman.
RC Singers Spring Concert 7:00 pm
RC Singers Spring Concert @ Keene Theater
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
RC Singers present “Heart of My Own Heart” – a concert featuring works of Telemann, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and more.  
Storytellers Guild: Story Night 7:00 pm
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.  
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RC Seniors Invitational Art Show Opening Reception 5:00 pm
RC Seniors Invitational Art Show Opening Reception @ EQ Art Gallery
Apr 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
RC Seniors show of visual art work exhibit, jury: RC Art Faculty Show comes down on Sunday, May 1.
National Library Week: Mardi Jo Link 7:00 pm
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 …

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Poetry at Literati: Tamar Boyadjian, Tarfia Faizullah, Airea D. Matthews 7:00 pm
Poetry at Literati: Tamar Boyadjian, Tarfia Faizullah, Airea D. Matthews @ Literati
Apr 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome Tamar Boyadjian, Tarfia Faizullah, & Airea D. Matthews to the store in celebration of National Poetry Month. Tamar Boyadjian is the author of it is what it is and the vineyard of mirrors. Her poetic …

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Women Writers of Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reading 1:00 pm
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 …

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Slam Off: Ann Arbor Poetry Slam 7:00 pm
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 …

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RC Deutsches Theater: Unschuld 8:00 pm
RC Deutsches Theater: Unschuld @ Keene Theater
Apr 16 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Dt.Theater will present “Unschuld” (Innocence).
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“Write On!” Short Story Contest Awards Celebration 2:00 pm
“Write On!” Short Story Contest Awards Celebration @ AADL
Apr 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Detroit children’s book writer Jean Alicia Elster, author the African American coming-of-age tale The Colored Car, discusses the art of writing and presents awards to the winners of the AADL short story contest for 3rd-5th …

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RC Chamber Musicians: Glass Sandwich 2:00 pm
RC Chamber Musicians: Glass Sandwich @ Keene Theater
Apr 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“The Glass Sandwich” – string quartets by Philip Glass, Dvorak, Schubert and Beethoven; Trios by Piazzolla, Faure, Saint-Saens and Kummer performed by RC Chamber Musicians
Ann Arbor Poetry Slam 7:00 pm
Ann Arbor Poetry Slam @ Espresso Royale
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Every 1st & 3rd Sun. 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 …

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RC Director and Text Class Performances 7:30 pm
RC Director and Text Class Performances @ Keene
Apr 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
RC theater students present a program of short plays TBA.
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RC Chamber Musicians Concert 5:00 pm
RC Chamber Musicians Concert @ Keene Theater
Apr 18 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
RC Chamber Musicians perform music by Ewazen, Rossini, Borodin, Brahms, Weber, Schubert and Gliere.
Fiction at Literati: Amy Gustine 7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: Amy Gustine @ Literati
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome Amy Gustine in support of her acclaimed debut collection, You Should Pity Us Instead. You Should Pity Us Instead explores some of our toughest dilemmas: the cost of Middle East strife …

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RC Deutsches Theater: Unschuld 8:00 pm
RC Deutsches Theater: Unschuld @ Keene Theater
Apr 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Dt.Theater will present “Unschuld” (Innocence).
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Hopwood Award Ceremony, with Susan Choi 3:30 pm
Hopwood Award Ceremony, with Susan Choi @ Rackham
Apr 19 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Awards for the Winter Term writing contests administered by the Hopwood Awards Program will be announced. A lecture by Susan Choi will follow the announcement of the awards. Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, …

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Skazat! Poetry Series: Susan Hutton 7:00 pm
Skazat! Poetry Series: Susan Hutton @ Sweetwaters
Apr 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Reading by local poet Susan Hutton, author of The Vanishing of Large Creatures. The program begins with open mike readings. 7-8:30 p.m., Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, 123 W. Washington. Free. 994-6663.
Moth Storyslam: Romance 7:30 pm
Moth Storyslam: Romance @ Circus
Apr 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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 …

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Falling: A Memoir in Verse (featuring Georgia Kreiger) 4:00 pm
Falling: A Memoir in Verse (featuring Georgia Kreiger) @ Concordia University Earhart Manor Living Room
Apr 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
In lines both supple and brittle, Kreiger surrounds her private experiences with startling images whose collisions bang into the heart.  The rose, nearby crows, even the fog and snow are ominous, foreboding, and irresistible.  There’s …

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Monica Tesler: Bounders 7:00 pm
Monica Tesler: Bounders @ Nicola's Books
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Monica Swanson Tesler is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and is an attorney in Boston, where she lives with her family. Her book, Bounders, is in the tradition of Michael Vey …

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Emerging Writers: Open House 7:00 pm
Emerging Writers: Open House @ AADL Traverwood
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal host an open house for writers to connect with one another and/or work on their projects.
Jim Ottaviani: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded 7:00 pm
Jim Ottaviani: The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded @ Nicola's Books
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Jim Ottaviani (“Feynman”, “Primates”) is the world s preeminent writer of comics and graphic novels about science. Notable works include a biography of Niels Bohr and the fast-paced tale of the desperate lives of early …

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Poetry at Literati: Michael Delp, Zilka Joseph, M.L. Liebler 7:00 pm
Poetry at Literati: Michael Delp, Zilka Joseph, M.L. Liebler @ Literati
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome three authors from Wayne State University Press’s Made in Michigan series: Michael Delp, Zilka Joseph, and M.L. Liebler. Michael Delp recently retired from the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he was …

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R.J. Fox: Love and Vodka 7:00 pm
R.J. Fox: Love and Vodka @ Bookbound Bookstore
Apr 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This award-winning local writer reads from Love & Vodka: My Surreal Adventures in the Ukraine, his memoir about how he dropped everything to pursue a romance with a Ukrainian woman. “The reader … will walk away …

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RC First Annual Chautauqua 9:00 am
RC First Annual Chautauqua @ Keene Theater
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
RC Alumni, current students, faculty and staff – join together for a day of sharing information to connect, renew, discover and celebrate our community.
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Gregory Fournier: Rainy Day Murders 3:00 pm
Gregory Fournier: Rainy Day Murders @ Brewed Awakenings, Suite M
Apr 23 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Local writer Gregory Fournier discusses his new true crime book about John Norman Collins and the Washtenaw County coed killings of the late 1960s for which he was convicted. 3-5 p.m., Brewed Awakenings, 7025 E. …

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Jennifer Burd and Laszlo Slomovits: Receiving the Shore 3:00 pm
Jennifer Burd and Laszlo Slomovits: Receiving the Shore @ Nicola's Books
Apr 24 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Jennifer Burd has published lyric poetry and haiku in a variety of print and online journals. She is the author of a book of poems, Body and Echo, and a book of creative nonfiction, Daily …

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Nick Tobier: Utopia Toolbox 7:00 pm
Nick Tobier: Utopia Toolbox @ Literati
Apr 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to welcome Nick Tobier in support of his book, written with Juliane Stiegele, Utopia Toolbox: An Incitement to Radical Creativity. Please note that this event will take place on our main floor. Think of …

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White Lotus Farms/One Pause Poetry: Emerging Poets 7:00 pm
White Lotus Farms/One Pause Poetry: Emerging Poets @ Nicola's Books
Apr 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Readings by winners of the One Pause Poetry high school poetry contest. 7 p.m., Nicola’s Books, 2513 Jackson, Westgate shopping center. Free.info@onepausepoetry.com, 585-5567.
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Poetry and the Written Word: John Rybicki 7:00 pm
Poetry and the Written Word: John Rybicki @ Crazy Wisdom
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Reading by InsideOut Literary Arts Project (Detroit) high school poetry teacherJohn Rybicki, a widely published poet, fiction writer, and essayist whose 2012 collection, When All the World Is Old, was written in response to the …

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Ann Arbor Youth Poet Laureate Commencement Performance 7:00 pm
Ann Arbor Youth Poet Laureate Commencement Performance @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The five finalists in the contest for designation as the Ann Arbor youth poet laureate read from their poetry. The finalists were chosen from among the applicants by a panel of local poets-Scott Beal, Keith …

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Diane Wege: A Day With Bonefish Joe 7:00 pm
Diane Wege: A Day With Bonefish Joe @ Nicola's Books
Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Diana Wege is an artist. She has painted in all fifty states and in 2000 she published Land America Leaves Wild, a book of her paintings of 23 of those states. This is her first …

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One Pause Poetry: Rickey Laurentiis, Gretchen Marquette, Airea Matthews, Ladan Osman 7:00 pm
One Pause Poetry: Rickey Laurentiis, Gretchen Marquette, Airea Matthews, Ladan Osman @ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to partner with One Pause Poetry in showcasing the work of Rickey Laurentiis, Gretchen Marquette, Airea Matthews, and Ladan Osman. Rickey Laurentiis is the author of Boy with Thorn, selected by Terrance Hayes for …

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Andy Griffiths: The 52-Story Tree House 11:00 am
Andy Griffiths: The 52-Story Tree House @ Nicola's Books
Apr 30 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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Andy Griffiths is the “New York Times” bestselling author of “The Day My Butt Went Psycho!”, “Zombie Butts from Uranus!”, and “Butt Wars! The Final Conflict”, as well as “The Big Fat Cow That Goes …

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Midwest Literary Walk 1:00 pm
Midwest Literary Walk @ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
Apr 30 @ 1:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is pleased to partner with One Pause Poetry in showcasing the work of Rickey Laurentiis, Gretchen Marquette, Airea Matthews, and Ladan Osman. Rickey Laurentiis is the author of Boy with Thorn, selected by Terrance Hayes for …

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