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Readings by teen poets from Washtenaw County battling for a spot at the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam finals on Apr. 12. Other semifinals are held at Community High School (Mar. 2, 7 p.m.), Huron[...]

Readings by teen poets from Washtenaw County battling for a spot at the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam finals on Apr. 12. Other semifinals are held at Community High School (Mar. 2, 7 p.m.), Huron[...]

Join us for a talk and signing with Tim Fielder, author and illustrator of the graphic novel collection, Matty’s Rocket: Book One! Matty’s Rocket was released to critical acclaim, with Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz[...]

Performance by this slam poet, a U-M student. Preceded by a poetry open mike. 7 p.m. Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetry.  

Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss how to writers make choices about character and plot development. For adult and teen (grade 6 & up) fiction and nonfiction writers.[...]

Mar. 6 & 20. 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[...]

Jane Austen Book Club Discussion at Nicola’s Books – Associated event of the University of Michigan Graduate Library ‘The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet’ Exhibit. With the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, the Grad Library[...]

Readings by teen poets from Washtenaw County battling for a spot at the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam finals on Apr. 12. Other semifinals are held at Community High School (Mar. 2, 7 p.m.), Huron[...]

Ypsilanti poet Stephanie Heit reads from The Color She Gave Gravity, her 2017 collection that explores connections between women. The program begins with an open mike for poets, who are welcome to read their own work or a favorite[...]

Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild members host a storytelling program. Audience members are encouraged to bring a 5-minute story to tell. 7-9 p.m., Crazy Wisdom Tea Room, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757

Literati is proud to partner with the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies to welcome author and activist Masha Gessen and photographer Misha Friedman to Ann Arbor for a talk on their new book Never Remember: Searching[...]

Karen L. Cox is an award-winning historian who has written op-eds for the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, TIME magazine, Publishers Weekly, and the Huffington Post. Her expertise on the American South has led to interviews with the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Daily[...]

The RC’s Center for World Performance Studies Faculty Lecture Series features Faculty Fellows and visiting scholars and practitioners in the fields of ethnography and performance. Designed to create an informal and intimate setting for intellectual[...]

 Literati is thrilled to welcome author Eileen Pollack who will be sharing her new novel The Bible of Dirty Jokes About The Bible of Dirty Jokes: When Ketzel Weinrach’s beloved brother Potsie goes missing in Las Vegas,[...]

Tad Schmaltz (philosophy) and George Hoffman (French) discuss Schmaltz’s new book “Early Modern Cartesianisms.” About the book: “There is a general sense that the philosophy of Descartes was a dominant force in early modern thought.[...]

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  

Readings by teen poets from Washtenaw County battling for a spot at the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam finals on Apr. 12. Other semifinals are held at Community High School (Mar. 2, 7 p.m.), Huron[...]

Literati is thrilled to partner with the University of Michigan History Department to showcase fifteen recent publications by fourteen U-M History faculty members. Authors and editors include: Rita Chin is associate professor of history at the University[...]

Readings by teen poets from Washtenaw County battling for a spot at the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam finals on Apr. 12. Other semifinals are held at Community High School (Mar. 2, 7 p.m.), Huron[...]

RC Players is thrilled to present Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit as this semester’s full-length production. Blithe Spirit is a farcical play that follows Charles Condomine, a novelist who invites a medium to his home in[...]

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[...]

RC Players is thrilled to present Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit as this semester’s full-length production. Blithe Spirit is a farcical play that follows Charles Condomine, a novelist who invites a medium to his home in[...]

Poetry open mike. Ann Arbor Poetry. Poetry open mike. 7-9 p.m. (sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.), Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetry.  

U-M drama students in Kate Mendeloff’s play production seminar direct and perform present several short farces by contemporary playwright David Ives. 8-9 p.m., Keene Theatre, East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.

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.  

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

Mar. 6 & 20. 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[...]

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[...]

Drama students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina State University present a program of short theatrical pieces, dance, and music as part of a cultural exchange program led by U-M[...]

Three authors discuss how their fiction transforms home into character. How do writers use assumptions about familiar places to find the unexpected and surprising?  When is a hometown the whole trouble, and also the last, best hope[...]

Join us for an event with award-winning Ann Arbor author Jeff Kass. Kass’ work has appeared in multiple literary journals, and he is the author of the award-winning short story collection Knuckleheads and the poetry[...]

“Boss is a poet to watch, likely to prove one of the leading voices of the next decade. Readers may be drawn into this collection for the poems that touch on disaster and divorce, but[...]

Join us for a poetry reading by award-winning writer Jason Phoebe Rusch as he presents his debut full-length collection of poetry, Dualities. Rusch is a queer writer from the Chicago suburbs who earned his MFA[...]

Readings by writers featured in the 10th annual edition of Prison Creative Arts Project magazine that features work by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers. 4 p.m., Pierpont Commons East Room. Free. 615-3204, 647-6771.

Maya Barzilai (modern Herbrew and Jewish culture) and Kathryn Babayan  (Iranian history and culture) discuss Barzilai’s new book Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters, a monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and historical landscapes. About the[...]

12 former inmates perform their new original play exploring alternatives to mass incarceration. 6:30-8 p.m., Keene Theatre, East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.

Talk by freelance journalist Kerry Myers, whose reporting on the death penalty during his tenure as editor of the Louisiana State Penitentiary news magazine won a 2007 Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award. 4 p.m., Pierpont Commons East Room.[...]

The RC RAs are proud to host a Moth Story Slam, open to all! The theme will be “The Caveat” — do with that what you will 🙂 Find out more about the moth here: https://themoth.org/about We[...]

Literati is honored to welcome back poet Tarfia Faizullah who will be sharing her latest collection Registers of Illuminated Villages. She will joined by poet Keith Taylor for a post-reading conversation. About Registers of Illuminated Villages: Registers of[...]

Join us for a special event as we celebrate the release of Notes from a Public Typewriter! About Notes from a Public Typewriter: When Michael Gustafson and his wife Hilary opened Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they[...]

This year’s Story Slam is quickly approaching! Using this year’s theme, “In search of a home: Home and belonging,” we are now accepting written submissions of prose, poetry, narratives, personal essays and more (900 words[...]