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Robin Coste Lewis, the winner of the National Book Award for Voyage of the Sable Venus, is the poet laureate of Los Angeles. She is the writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California, a Cave[...]

Literati is proud to host author and Michigan professor Derek Vaillant who will be here discussing his new book Across the Waves About Across the Waves: In 1931, the United States and France embarked on a broadcasting[...]

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you[...]

Literati is thrilled to host journalist Scott Tong who will be sharing his new historical memoir, A Village with My Name: A Family’s History of China’s Opening to the World. About A Village with My Name: In A[...]

Literati is excited to host translator Grace Mahoney for this special bi-lengual reading of Ukranian poet Iryna Starovoyt’s collection A Field of Foundlings. About A Field of Foundlings: Presented in a dual-language format, A Field of Foundlings is the[...]

Discovering Zen in American Poetry with John Wolff in the Crazy Wisdom Community Room – Nov. 18, 3:45 to 5 p.m. – Book Signing. The Driftwood Shrine author, John Gendo Wolff, will discuss poetry by[...]

FRUIT is an independent, community-led reading and dialogue series for and by marginalized voices, hosted in Literati Bookstore. This month’s readers are Dylan Gilbert, Brittany Rogers, and Yalie Kamara FRUIT is a moment and a[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome author Morgan Jerkins who will be discussiong her new book This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminists in (White) America. About This Will Be My[...]

All invited to read and discuss their poetry or short stories. Bring about 6 copies of your work to share. 7-9 p.m., Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757  

Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014) which was a finalist for both a Minnesota Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award. A queer Vietnamese American[...]

Literati is proud to welcome author Jeff Kass who will be be reading and sharing with us his thrilling debut novel set in Ann Arbor, Takedown About Takedown: Ann Arbor: a small city with a big university A city[...]

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you[...]

Literati is thrilled to host novelist Thisbe Nissen who will be reading and discussing her latest Our Lady of the Prairie About Our Lady of the Prairie A sharp and bitingly funny novel about a professor whose[...]

Robin Coste Lewis, the winner of the National Book Award for Voyage of the Sable Venus, is the poet laureate of Los Angeles. She is writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California, as well as a Cave[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome poety Chris Glomski who will be reading from his new collection Lit Up. About Lit Up: There are fissures in quotidian details, light in the cracks of our daily lives, and nowhere[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome poet Lauren Clark who will be reading from her new collection Music for a Wedding. About Music for a Wedding: Lauren Clark’s poems move lucidly, depicting beautiful struggles of distrust, dream, grief,[...]

All invited to listen to guild members swap stories or bring their own to tell. 2-4 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library Freespace (3rd floor). Free. 971-5763.

Reading by Marlin Jenkins, a Detroit poet (and U-M creative writing grad) whose poems often come off as fragments of a visionary spiritual autobiography. The program begins with open mike readings. 7-8:30 p.m., Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea,[...]

Detroit poet Dawn McDuffie reads from her new chapbook, Happenstance and Miracles, which explores hidden aspects of Detroit. Followed by a poetry and short fiction open mike. 7-9 p.m., Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757  [...]

Fourth Wednesdays have a featured reader for 50 minutes and then open mic for an hour. All writers welcome. Sign up begins at 6:45 p.m. Free. Contact Ed at 668-7523; eacmorso@sbcglobal.net or cwpoetrycircl.tumblr.com. Katherine Edgren has a new[...]