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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[...]

Michigan Moth GrandSLAM championship. 8 pm; doors open 7 pm. $. More info.  

Literati is delighted to host the launch of Chris McCormick’s debut, Desert Boys. A vivid and assured work of fiction from a major new voice, following the life of a young man growing up, leaving home,[...]

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal are joined by retired AADL librarian Shutta Crum, author of more than 1 bookd for kids, to discuss writing children’s books and getting[...]

    Nicola’s Books is an official Children’s Book Week store and we have put together a great Special Story Time for you. We will have local picture book authors Shanda Trent and Melanie Zwegers[...]

  Literati is thrilled to support the launch of Victor J. Strecher’s Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything. A pioneer in the field of behavioral science delivers a groundbreaking work[...]

 Literati is proud to partner with The Neutral Zone to present an Open Mic Night for writers ages 19 and under!

Gina Luttrell is an Associate Professor of Public Relations and Social Media at Eastern Michigan University with over 15 years of experience in the communications field. Her extensive background includes strategic development and implementation of[...]

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[...]

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 pleased to host Teen Spirit, an award-winning publication of the Skyline High School Writing Center. Teen Spirit is a literary magazine that allows the entire school’s creative community to exhibit their writing, artwork, and[...]

Ten Years Later… The 10th Annual Spring Celebration of the Made in Michigan Writers Series featuring series co-editors Michael Delp and M. L. Liebler, along with authors Desiree Cooper, Zilka Joseph, and L. E. Kimball Complimentary light appetizers[...]

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.

Literati is pleased to welcome Michael Byers, Peter Ho Davies, Michael Delp, M.L. Liebler, Thomas Lynch, and Gloria Whelan for a discussion of Bob Seger’s House and Other Stories, recently published by the Made in[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Ross Business School professor Gerald F. Davis in support of his most recent book, The Vanishing American Corporation: Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy. It may be hard to[...]

Dr. Monica Starkman, author of The End of Miracles, is a psychiatrist who is a faculty member of the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Psychiatry in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is a clinician[...]