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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[...]

Rescheduled from February 9. 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[...]

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.[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder, co-authors of the new book Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America About Designed for Hi-Fi Living: How record albums and their covers delivered[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder, co-authors of the new book Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America About Designed for Hi-Fi Living: How record albums and their covers delivered[...]

Literati is thrilled to welcome back author Chris McCormick to celebrate the paperback release of his book Desert Boys. He will be joined in conversation with Douglas Trevor, the current director for the Helen Zell Writers Program.[...]

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[...]

Literati is proud to welcome author Moriel Rotham-Zecher who will be sharing his debut novel Saddness Is A White Bird. About Saddness Is A White Bird: In this lyrical and searing debut novel written by a rising[...]

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[...]

This Ohio-based American-Israeli writer reads from Sadness Is a White Bird, his debut novel about a young man preparing to serve in the Israeli army while trying to reconcile his close relationship to 2 Palestinian siblings with[...]

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.[...]

 Literati is excited to welcome author Mimi Schwartz who well share with us her new memoir When History Is Personal. She will be joined in conversation with Michael Steinberg, founding editor of Fourth Genre. About When History Is Personal:[...]

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[...]

Literati is pleased to welcome poets Erin Aldair-Hodges and Jenny Molberg who will be sharing their latest collections Let’s All Die Happy and Marvels of the Invisible. Erin Adair-Hodges is visiting assistant professor of creative writing at the University[...]

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[...]

You may remember that Nicola’s Books won the Treehouse Series display competition earlier in the year and the grand prize was an event with New York Times bestselling Treehouse series author Andy Griffiths! Well he[...]

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.

Literati is proud to be partnering with the Helen Zell Writers Program to host author Lydia Davis at University of Michigan Museum of Art Apse Lydia Davis is the author of one novel and seven story collections. Her collection[...]

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[...]

Literati is proud to be partnering with the Helen Zell Writers Program to host author Lydia Davis at University of Michigan Museum Helmet Stern Auditorium Lydia Davis is the author of one novel and seven story collections. Her collection[...]

Literati is excited to partner with the University of Michigan Classical Studies Department to welcome poet Gail Holst-Warhaft! She will be sharing her new book The Fall of Athens. About The Fall of Athens: The Fall of[...]

Literati is proud to be partnering with the University of Michigan’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies to host poet Mohja Kahf for a reading from her latest collection Hagar Poems at the Rackham Amphitheatre.[...]

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[...]

Stop by for your history mystery fix with writers Laura Joh Rowland, who has a second novel in her Victorian photographer series, A Mortal Likeness, coming out; and Nancy Herriman, who is beginning a new series set in Russia[...]

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.

This L.A.-based writer, lecturer, and media ecologist, who is in town for the Ann Arbor Film Festival, reads from his new book, Strange Questions: Experimental Film as Conversation. Discussion follows with guests TBA. 6-9 p.m., Crazy Wisdom,[...]

Literati is excited to host author and actor Alexandra Silber who will be reading and sharing her new novel After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by “Fiddler on the Roof”. About After Anatevka: The world knows well the[...]

Reading by GVSU creative writing lecturer Gale Thompson, whose 2015 collection, Soldier On, examines the relationship between living spaces and memories. The program begins with open mike readings. 7-8:30 p.m., Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, 123 W. Washington. Free. 994-6663

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.

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.

Literati is thrilled to welcome poets Sam Sax and Franny Choi who will be reading from their latest collections Madness and Death By Sex Machine. About Madness: “An “astounding” (Terrance Hayes) debut collection of poems – Winner of the[...]

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.[...]

NYC-based writer Grady Hendrix reads from his humorous history on the horror paperback boom of the 1970s and 80s, which tor.com calls a “gorgeous, lurid deep-dive into horror’s heyday and a must-read for any self-respecting horror fan.” Hendrix’s 1st[...]

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[...]

Meet long-time Detroit Free Press sports writer Keith Gave as he presents his fascinating book The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery, and Courage, a gripping story featuring our beloved Detroit Red Wings![...]

In celebration of Literati Bookstore’s Fifth Birthday, please join us for a reading of poetry and prose by booksellers past and present!