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Literati is pleased to be the bookseller for Sara Goldrick-Rab’s visit to Ann Arbor. Sara is the author of Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, and this event will[...]

  Literati is pleased to host Anne Carson for a special event celebrating her latest work, FLOAT. Due to space limitations at our store and expected demand, Literati will be ticketing this event. The ticket[...]

Scott Savitt is the in-house Chinese-English translator for numerous human rights organizations and the New York Times. His articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and many other newspapers and[...]

Literati is delighted to welcome Matt Bell back to Ann Arbor in support of his most recent work, A Tree or a Person or a Wall. Here we have Matt Bell at his most inventive and[...]

Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be[...]

Jessica Lipowski is the author of Flavors of Life (2016). Jessica, originally from Troy, Michigan and a graduate of Michigan State University, moved to the Netherlands in February 2011. With previous journalistic work published on 10Best.com (part of USAToday)[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Julia Sonnevend in support of her book Stories without Borders: The Berlin Wall and the Making of a Global Iconic Event. Julia will be joined in conversation by Professor William[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome Jonathan Safran Foer to Rackham Auditorium on the campus of The University of Michigan, in celebration of his most recent novel, Here I Am. Following a reading will be an[...]

Edward Morin is from Chicago, where he earned degrees in English at University of Chicago and Loyola University. His poems have appeared in Hudson Review, Ploughshares, and Prairie Schooner.  Collections of his poems include Labor[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Randa Jarrar in support of her recent story collection Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. Randa will be joined by Michigan writers Tariq Luthun and Kamelya Youssef. Award-winning novelist Randa Jarrar’s new story[...]

George Washington University law professor and National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen on Louis Brandeis: American Prophet, his new book about the hugely influential Supreme Court justice.

Literati is pleased to welcome poet Scott Beal and poet and translator Mariela Griffor in support of their recent work. Scott Beal is the author of Wait ‘Til You Have Real Problems and the chapbook The Octopus. His poems have[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Maya Barzilai and Rachel Seelig in support of their most recent works. In the twentieth century the golem became a figure of war. It represented the chaos of warfare, the[...]

All writers welcome to share and discuss their poetry and short fiction. Sign up for new participants begins at 6:45 p.m.  

Literati is thrilled to welcome Dave Eggers back to Ann Arbor for a book signing! Please note the special time for this event: Dave will be available to chat and sign books from noon until 1:30pm.[...]

Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be[...]

Literati is pleased to partner with One Pause Poetry to celebrate the recent work of Rochelle Hurt and Sarah Rose Nordgren. Rochelle Hurt is the author of two collections of poetry: In Which I Play the Runaway (2016), winner[...]

Critically acclaimed novelist Justin Torres called ASHLEY WHITAKER a “Real Texan Charmer.” The editors of Glimmer Train typed her name on their website one time. She lives alone with her cat, Catwoman. MOLLY DICKINSON is[...]

Literati is delighted to be the bookseller for Necto Pride presents: Dragster featuring WILLAM, as part of the Suck Less: Where There’s a Willam, There’s a Way Book Tour. Join Willam from RuPaul’s Drag Race[...]

FRUIT is an independent, community-led reading and dialogue series for and by marginalized voices, hosted in Literati Bookstore. More information about this month’s installment forthcoming. FRUIT is a moment and a movement of reclamation. It[...]

Several local authors intruduce their work at a light bagel brunch. Participants: Stephen Modell (The Philosophical Studies in Medicine and Health), Monica Starkman (The End of Miracles), Mitch Rycus (Mitch’s Fools), Zilka Joseph (Sharp Blue[...]

Lecture by this nationally recognized advocate for people with disabilities, author ofWhat Matters: Reflections on Disability, Community and Love. Noon, 100 Hatcher Grad Library Gallery, enter from the Diag. Free.

Literati is pleased to be the bookseller for this Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event with Scott Ellsworth, author of The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball’s Lost Triumph. You can find more information[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Chris Dombrowski in support of his memoir Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World’s Most Alluring Fish. Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions—poetry and fly-fishing;[...]

Reading by Art Academy of Cincinnati creative writing professor poet Matt Hart, an award-winning poet who has 2 new books, the book-length serial poem Radiant Action, a philosophical meditation on life in our time and the timelessness of the[...]

Literati is pleased to once again partner with the University of Michigan’s Sweetland Center for Writing in support of their Word2: Writer to Writer programming. Professor Philip J. Deloria is this installment’s featured guest. Sweetland’s[...]

Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be[...]

Presented by Neutral Zone. Doors open at 6:30. Advance tickets are $5 for students, $10 for adults($7/12 at the door). . For tickets are more info: eyelev21@aol.com.

Literati is pleased to welcome Terri Tate in support of her memoir A Crooked Smile. In A Crooked Smile, Terri Tate shares the compelling story of her journey through cancer diagnosis, multiple surgeries, and the inner path of[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome Thylias Moss in support of her latest collection, Wannabe Hoochie Mama of Realities’ Red Dress Code. Thylias Moss, one of American poetry’s great innovators, is a national taxonomist and secular preacher[...]

Meet Jonathan Putnam, author of These Honored Dead, a civil war set mystery featuring Abraham Lincoln’s friend Joshua Speed.

Literati is thrilled to welcome Laura Jane Grace to Circus bar in support of her memoir, Tranny. Tickets for general admission seating will include a hardcover copy of the book. Circus’s full bar will be[...]

New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison was born and raised in the upper Midwest. Her bestselling Hollows novels include Dead Witch Walking; The Good, the Bad, and the Undead; Every Which Way But Dead;[...]

Jon Milan – Jon Milan is a Detroit-based journalist, pianist, composer and historian with three previous Arcadia publications: 2014’s Grand River Avenue: From Detroit to Lake Michigan, coauthored with Gail Offen; 2011’s Old Chicago Road,[...]

Literati is thrilled to be the bookseller for the Zell Visiting Writers Series at the University of Michigan. More information about the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, including a full calendar of visiting writers, can be[...]

Emory Clark began rowing at age 13 at Groton School on the Nashua River an hour west of Boston. He went on to Yale University where he was captain of the crew his senior year, graduating[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome Scott Savitt in support of his memoir, Crashing the Party: An American Reporter in China. It’s 1983. Scott Savitt, one of the first American exchange students in Beijing, picks up his[...]

Alexander Weinstein is the Director of The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and the author of the short story collection Children of the New World (Picador 2016). His fiction and translations have appeared in[...]

Bob Brill writes fiction and poetry. His novellas, short stories and 150 poems have appeared in over 45 print journals, online magazines, and anthologies. His most recent publications are 2 poems in Water Music: The[...]