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Laz joins poet Jennifer Burd in support of the release of her new book, “Day’s Late Blue.” Jennifer is an award-winning poet whose haiku and lyric poems have been widely published in print and on-line[...]

Reading by this Tacoma poet who draws on his family’s experiences as African Americans from the rural south living in a white northern city to create poetry that combines the intimately personal and intensely political.[...]

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal are joined by children’s nonfiction author Virginia Loh-Hagan, who has published children’s books on everything from extreme mountain biking to starting a dog-walking[...]

Nancy Pearl speaks about the pleasures of reading at library conferences, to literacy organizations and community groups throughout the world and comments on books regularly on KUOW FM in Seattle, as well as KWGS in Tulsa, Oklahoma[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome back Phil & Erin Stead for the launch of their new book The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine! About The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine: A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children’s story is[...]

Readings by these 2 writers. Born in Saigon and raised in Connecticut, Vuong writes poems that explore transformation, desire, and violent loss. His debut 2016 collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, has been praised by the New York[...]

Angelique Chengelis is a sportswriter for the Detroit News. Michigan football has been her primary beat since 1992, but she has covered countless sporting events including Super Bowls, U.S. Opens, PGA Championships, Ryder Cups, Stanley[...]

Literati is excited to host a reading from three wonderful poets; Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Heather Derr-Smith and Molly Spencer. Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is an American poet of Palestinian, Jordanian and Syrian heritage. Her poems have been published[...]

Literati is excited to welcome Lucy Ives for a reading from her new novel Impossible Views of the World. About Impossible Views of the World Stella Krakus, a curator at Manhattan’s renowned Central Museum of Art, is[...]

NoViolet Bulawayo’s story “Hitting Budapest,” the opening chapter of the novel, won the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing. NoViolet’s other work has been shortlisted for the 2009 SA PEN Studzinsi Award, and has appeared[...]

Supriya Kelkar was born and raised in the Midwest, Supriya learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week. Winner of the 2015 New Visions Award for her middle grade novel AHIMSA, (October 2,[...]

This Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, author of The Virgin Suicidesand Middlesex, is joined by local novelist Claire Vaye Watkins in a discussion of Fresh Complaint, his new collection of short stories about characters that range from a failed poet who turns[...]

Literati is excited to welcome author Tiya Miles who will be discussing her new book Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Bondage and Freedom in the City of the Straits About Dawn of Detroit: Most Americans believe that slavery[...]

This international Pakistani writer reads from Exit West, his celebrated new novel about 2 young people who begin a furtive love affair in a country teetering on the brink of civil war. They eventually decide to leave[...]

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. 7-9[...]

This popular Kansas blogger became an internet sensation with her list of “People I Want to Punch in the Throat.” Tonight, she reads from her debut essay collection, People I Want to Punch in the Throat:[...]

Literati is excited to welcome Katie Willingham who will be reading from her new poetry collection Unlikely Designs About Unlikely Designs A collection intent on worrying the boundaries between natural and unnatural, human and not, Unlikely Designs draws far-ranging source[...]

Stuart Gibbs is the author of the FunJungle series, as well as the New York Times bestselling Spy School and Moon Base Alpha series. He has written the screenplays for movies like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate, worked on a[...]

Bookbound is pleased to welcome Tracey Morris as our featured poet for October. Tracey is a Detroit-based poet and writer whose work has been featured in A Detroit Anthology (Belt Publishing), Michigan Poet Anthology, and on the Motor[...]

Readings by 13 of Ann Arbor Poetry’s most popular poets, including Ashwini Bhasi, Marlin Jenkins, Fiona Chamness, Tariq Luthun, Nadine Marshall, Garret Potter, and Simon Mermelstein. 7 p.m. Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested[...]

Tonight Literati is excited to welcome author Steven Gillis who will be reading from his new novel Liars About Liars Eric McCanus is a novelist with the misfortune of having written his one great book when he[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome back Douglas Trevor who will be sharing his new collection of stories The Book of Wonders About The Book of Wonders: A lonely female accountant falls for a man who seems to[...]

This 2016 Democratic presidential candidate discusses her new book, What Happened. Hill Auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets $62-$112 in advance at hillaryclintonbooktour.com.

TICKETED EVENT   Nicola’s Books Presents CNN’s Van Jones for ‘Beyond the Messy Truth’ Rogel Ballroom, University of Michigan Union Doors open at 7:00 pm General Admission Book/Ticket Combination – Check Nicola’s Books website for more[...]

Amy Peele was born and raised in the Chicago area, where she graduated from South Chicago School of Nursing. She discovered her passion for organ donation and transplantation when she started as a transplant coordinator[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome author Merle Kröger who will be reading and discussing her new book Collision About Collision: A cruise ship full of holidaymakers and crewmembers collides with a raft of refugees in the Mediterranean A[...]

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor discusses his book, American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804. Book sale & signing. 6:30-8 p.m., U-M Ross School of Business Robertson Auditorium, 701 E. Tappan. Free; preregistration requested at http://conta.cc/2w7BYr6. abhelber@umich.edu, 764-5864.

Creative Writing Faculty read from their works: Lolita Hernandez, Lecturer, RC Creative Writing and Literature Laura Kasischke, RC ’84, Lecturer, RC Creative Writing and Literature Christopher Matthews, Lecturer, RC Creative Writing and Literature Ken Mikolowski,[...]

Many RC creative writing alums will read.

Literati is excited to welcome Nick Riggle to discuss his new book On Being Awesome. About One Being Awesome: A lively philosophical exploration of the competing pheonomena of being awesome and sucking, and why we need awesomeness[...]

Local journalist M. Joanne Nesbit discusses her new book that celebrates such diverse characters as the person who chose maize and blue as the U-M colors, the first Ann Arborite to race in the Indy[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome Bill Goldstein who will be discussing his new book The World Broke in Two: Virgina Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature. He will be joined[...]

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the wildly popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, discuss It Devours!, their new mystery novel that explores the intersections of faith and science and a growing relationship between two young people who[...]

Reading by Diane DeCillis, Detroit native whose award-winning 1st book of poems, Strings Attached, was described by Gargoyle Magazine (Washington, D.C.) editor Richard Peabody as a collection of “warm, philosophical poems [which] explore a cultural and emotional terrain similar[...]

Northern California native Tim Hunt reads from his latest book, Poem’s Poems & Other Poems, a collection of poems in which a persona named Poem seeks self-definition through the writing of poetry. DePauw University English profesor Deborah Geis says[...]

Doug Stanton is a journalist, lecturer, screenwriter, and author who has appeared on numerous TV and radio outlets, including NBC’s “Today,” CNN, Imus In The Morning, Discovery, A&E, Fox News, NPR, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and[...]

Monica Youn is the author of three books of poetry: Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016); Barter(Graywolf Press, 2003); and Ignatz (Four Way Books, 2010), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her poems have[...]

Literati is excited to welcome Jennifer Weiss-Wolf in support of her new book Periods Gone Public. About Periods Gone Public Leading menstrual rights advocate, writer, and attorney Jennifer Weiss-Wolf’s PERIODS GONE PUBLIC examines the cultural and political[...]

Both “halves” of Michael Stanley – Stan Trollip and Michael Sears – join us Friday, October 27 at 7 p.m. to discuss their latest Detective Kubu novel, Dying to Live. We’ll be hosting a dinner at the store for[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome the Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge who will be discussing his new book Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude. About Lead Yourself First: To inspire and lead others, you must first lead[...]