Calendar

RC assistant professor Stephen Ward discusses In Love and Struggle: The Revolutionary Lives of James and Grace Lee Boggs, his new book about two largely unsung but critically important Detroit figures in the black freedom struggle.[...]

Sit and sign with children’s/YA authors: Lisa Wheeler is the author of over 35 children’s books including The Christmas Boot and the popular Dino-Sports series. Lisa’s book, Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum is the 2017 Michigan Reads! One Book One State[...]

Local fiction writer Leslie “Elle” Wright, best known for her Edge of Scandal romance novels, offers tips on revising your written work and how to get published.&A. Signing In conjunction with the end of National[...]

Kristin Bartley Lenz is a Michigan writer and social worker who fell in love with the mountains when she moved to Georgia and California. Now she’s back in Detroit where she plots wilderness escapes and[...]

Every 1st & 3rd Sun. Readings by featured poets, preceded by a poetry open mike. Dec. 4: Readings Siaara Freeman, a poet from Cleveland whose poems explore the resilient spirit of people struggling with the[...]

Neutral Zone and Literati Bookstore are partnering to present an Open Mic Night for writers ages 19 and under!  Poets, storytellers, short story writers…. everyone is invited to take to the mic in a safe[...]

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 welcome Jason Corey and Stephen Rush for an evening of music in celebration of their recent publications. Jason Corey is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Michigan[...]

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 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[...]

Reading by Siena Heights University English professor Saleem Peeradina, an anthologized Chelsea-based poet who recently published his 5th poetry collection, Final Cut. The program begins with a brief open mike for poets, who are welcome[...]

Storytellers Guild members present a program of old tales and personal stories for grownups.  Free; donations accepted.annarborstorytelling.org, facebook.com/annarborstorytellers.  

Literati is pleased to welcome Geneviève Zubrzycki in support of her latest work, Beheading the Saint: Nationalism, Religion, and Secularism in Quebec. The province of Quebec used to be called the priest-ridden province by its Protestant neighbors[...]

U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in scenes from Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s celebrated 2-play series exploring the apocalyptic fears at the heart of contemporary culture,[...]

BRYCE HAYES POPE is a writer from New York. This past summer, she was a Donor Relations intern at PEN America and a volunteer at MoMA. She once showed Donna Tartt where the bathroom was.[...]

U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in scenes from several contemporary plays on race in America.

Brutally Honest Storytelling Open Mic is a live storytelling event where the audience is free to be real as they want to be. No experience necessary. New storytellers or experienced storytellers – everyone has stories.[...]

Every 1st & 3rd Sun. Readings by featured poets, preceded by a poetry open mike. Dec. 18: Open mike only. . 7-9 p.m. (sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.), Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested[...]

Reading by the widely published Detroit poet Casey Rocheteau, author of the new collection The Dozen and winner of the inaugural Detroit Write-a-House residency in 2014. The program begins with open mike readings.

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[...]

Join us for a post-holiday slice of cake and help Laura Joh Rowland launch her new book and series with The Ripper’s Shadow.