Calendar

join Aunt Agatha’s at the downtown library (543 South 5th Ave) to enjoy a panel discussion with Loren D. Estleman, Doug Allyn and Laura Joh Rowland. All have new books out. Mr. Estleman’s is his[...]

This local novelist reads from The Mountain Goddess, the 2nd in her Sadhana fantasy trilogy that explores the spiritual struggles of women in the Buddha’s time. In this book, the young prince Siddhartha falls for[...]

Readings by featured poets, preceded by a poetry open mike. Mar 5: Reading by EMU creative writing teacher and Neutral Zone creative arts directorJeff Kass. Old Dominion poetry professor Tim Seibles describes Kass’s latest collection,[...]

On Mar. 6, Huron High School English teacher R.J. Fox draws on his recently published memoir, Love & Vodka, discusses the art of turning your experiences into a compelling nonfiction. For adult and teen (grade[...]

Breeda Kelly Miller, a 2014 Ann Arbor Moth StorySlam winner, discusses how she developed “Ticket to Heaver,” her award-winning story that was broadcast on the NPR Moth Story Hour. 7-8:30 p.m., U-M North Campus Research[...]

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 up[...]

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[...]

U-M creative writing professor Claire Vaye Watkins reads from her acclaimed debut novel set in a dystopian near future where severe drought has led to brutal survival tactics and internment camps for less fortunate members[...]

Mar. 8: 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[...]

Talk by U-M English professor Linda Gregerson, an award-winning poet. The Russel Award is the U-M’s highest honor, awarded annually to a faculty member who is especially distinguished in his or her field. Reception follows.[...]

“Remnants” is an award-winning, minimalist piece by faculty member Harry Greenspan; itincludes the voices of 3 men and 4 women, currently presented as a one-man performance by the author. The play reflects more than 40[...]

An open mike for poets, who are welcome to read their own work or a favorite poem by another writer. The program begins with a reading by a featured local poet TBA.    

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

Readings by local poets, with a variety of hand-crafted soups for refreshment. 5:30-8 p.m., Zen Buddhist Temple, 1214 Packard at Wells. $10 (kids, $5; family, $25). 761-6520.

RC students present an original play that has been conceived, written, and rehearsed within the past 24 hours.

Readings by U-M creative writing grad students, including fiction writer Kristen Roupenian and poet Robert Heald. 7 p.m., UMMA Auditorium, 525 S. State. Free. 615-3710. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a[...]

Mar. 17 & 18. RC students present the acclaimed contemporary NYC-based playwright David Adjmi’s award-winning 2012 tragicomic satire of the empty-headed narcissism of the congenitally rich in the guise of the daily life of the[...]

Coffee and (_______) 14409 Jefferson Ave E, Detroit, Michigan 48215 Join us for the March edition of the East Side Reading Series! Writers in various genres will come together to read their original work, tied[...]

Mar. 17 & 18. RC students present the acclaimed contemporary NYC-based playwright David Adjmi’s award-winning 2012 tragicomic satire of the empty-headed narcissism of the congenitally rich in the guise of the daily life of the[...]

Readings by featured poets, preceded by a poetry open mike. Mar 19: Reading by Neutral Zone staffer Fiona Chamness, a winner of the Beloit Poetry Journal Prize who was featured in the 2010 HBO documentary[...]

RC drama instructors Martin Walsh and Kate Mendeloff’s students direct and perform 8 short plays by Ives, an acclaimed contemporary American playwright best known for his one-act comedies. 7:30 p.m., RC Keene Theater, East Quad,[...]

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.

Conversation between Harvard social sciences professor Matthew Desmond, author of the bestseller Evicted: Poverty & Profit in an American City, and veteran journalist and nonfiction writer Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here,[...]

Literati is pleased to partner with the University of Michigan’s Sweetland Center for Writing and WCBN Radio for the latest installment of Word^2: Writer to Writer, a series which puts a UM professor and member of[...]

U-M English professor Eileen Pollack reads from her new novel that explores the moral complexities of scientific discovery through the story of a brilliant research biologist obsessed with finding the genetic marker for a neurodegenerative[...]

 “Stories for a Spring Evening” – Ann Arbor Storytellers’ Guild members  Lyn Davidge, Jane Fink, Darryl Mickens and Patti Smith  in a concert of  favorite stories. Judy Schmidt will add smidgens of history from 25 years of storytelling in Ann Arbor.  Copies of[...]

Mar. 22: Readings by Jennifer Clark, a Kalamazoo poet who has a forthcoming 2nd collection Johnny Appleseed: The Slice and Times of John Chapman, and InsideOut Literary Arts Project (Detroit) interim director and Al-Mutanabbi Street[...]

Readings by U-M creative writing grad students, including fiction writer Rebecca Marie Fortes and poet Young Eun Yook. 7 p.m., UMMA Auditorium, 525 S. State. Free. 615-3710. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers[...]

Literati is pleased to be the bookseller for Diana Butler Bass’s visit to Ann Arbor. Diana is the Lenten speaker at First United Methodist Church in downtown Ann Arbor, and will speak on the topic[...]

Please join us for a not-be-missed evening of conversation about urban “renewal,” racial capitalism, and resistance in contemporary Detroit. To mark the Detroit launch of Kinney’s Beautiful Wasteland: The Rise of Detroit as America’s Postindustrial Frontier (2016),[...]

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 up[...]

Written and directed by RC Creative Writing student Clare Higgins. AUDREY KELLAN is a brash, well-spoken but socially clueless young woman in her early twenties who has recently had to leave her university due to[...]