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Literati is pleased to host Teen Spirit, an award-winning publication of the Skyline High School Writing Center. Teen Spirit is a literary magazine that allows students to share their writing, art, photography, songs, and videos with our broader …

Teen Spirit Issue #7 Read More »

ONE PAUSE POETRY SALON is (literally) a greenhouse for poetry and poets, nurturing an appreciation for written art in all languages and encouraging experiments in creative writing. We meet every Weds in the greenhouse at …

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Ann Arbor Poetry hosts an open mic every 1st and 3rd Sunday, with feature poets whenever we can get them. Deonte Osayande is from Detroit. His nonfiction and poetry have been nominated for the Best …

Ann Arbor Poetry: Deonte Osayande Read More »

Fiction is all about characters: the heroes we love, the villains we hate, and the sidekicks who feel like our friends. But how do you bring those characters to life on the page? In this …

Emerging Writers: Bringing Your Characters To Life Read More »

Literati is excited to welcome author Leslie Carol Roberts who will be discussing her new memoir Here Is Where I Walk. About Here Is Where I Walk: It is in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, that …

Leslie Carol Roberts: Here Is Where I Walk Read More »

Pete Griffin, speaker, storyteller, naturalist, and retired Forest Service Ranger will join us to deliver personal stories, photos, and short videos about living off the land in Alaska. This event will be recorded

As former slaves struggled to become citizens, they redefined citizenship for all Americans. With fresh archival sources and an ambitious reframing of constitutional law-making before the Civil War, Jones shows how the Fourteenth Amendment constitutionalized …

Martha Jones: Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America Read More »

Susan Whitall was a writer/editor at Creem magazine in Detroit and a music and feature writer at the Detroit News. Join us as she shares from her new work Joni on Joni: Interviews and Encounters with Joni Mitchell. …

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Open-mic storytelling competitions. Open to anyone with a five-minute story to share on the night’s theme. Come tell a story, or just enjoy the show! 6:30pm Doors Open | 7:30pm Stories Begin FLAWED: Prepare a five-minute story about pitfalls. …

The Moth Storyslam: Flawed Read More »

Literati is so excited to welcome author Susan Choi who will be reading and discussing her new novel Trust Exercise. Susan will be joined for a post-reading conversation with author Lillian Li. About Trust Exercise: In an American …

Fiction at Literati: Susan Choi, plus conversation with Lillian Li Read More »

On the second Wednesday of the month, we hold a relaxed and informal poetry workshop. Anyone is welcome to participate. At a workshop, you are encouraged to present a poem you are working on for …

Poetry and the Written Word Read More »

ONE PAUSE POETRY SALON is (literally) a greenhouse for poetry and poets, nurturing an appreciation for written art in all languages and encouraging experiments in creative writing. We meet every Weds in the greenhouse at …

Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry Read More »

Literati is thrilled to welcome authors Anne O’Brien Carelli and Brigit Young who will be sharing their new novels Skylark and Wallcreeper & Worth a Thousand Words. About Skylark and Wallcreeper: Queens, 2012. Hurricane Sandy is flooding New York City, and …

Fiction at Literati: Anne Obrien Carelli and Brigit Young Read More »

This month we are featuring members of the Tornado Wine Poetry group including Janet Cannon, Karen Holman, Jennifer Burd, Doug Smith, Mary Beam, Lakshmi Narayanan, and Josephine Rood. We will begin with an open mic …

Open Mic and Share: Jannett Cannon and Doug Smith Read More »

Literati is excited to welcome author and craftsman Eric Gorges who will be discussing his new book A Craftman’s Legacy: Why Working With Our Hands Gives Us Meaning. About A Craftman’s Legacy: The host of TV’s A Craftsman’s …

Erig Gorges: A Craftman’s Legacy Read More »

Get hands-on with history with our storytelling workshop! During this interactive program, you’ll learn how to tell your own community stories. This event includes the chance to brainstorm and draft your story in addition to receiving friendly, …

Storytelling Workshop: Exiled to Motown: Japanese Americans in Detroit Read More »

Magical Negro is an archive of black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral grief, and an inventory of figureheads, idioms, and customs. These American poems are both elegy and jive, joke …

Morgan Parker in conversation with Aisha Sabatini Sloan Read More »

Calling all athletes! Join us for an evening with Dan Wetzel, as he kicks off his new series of sports biographies for young readers, journalist Dan Wetzel tells the inspiring true life story of US …

Dan Wetzel: Epic Athletes Read More »

Literati is thrilled to welcome back poet Franny Choi who will be reading from her new collection Soft Science About Soft Science: Soft Science explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grounds its …

Poetry at Literati: Franny Choi Read More »

Local poet Douglas Smith is co-editor of Mayapple Press’s In Drought Times: Scenes from Rural and Small Town Life. He was a finalist in the 2016 Mudfish Magazine and the 2017 New Guard Knightville Poetry contests. …

Douglas Smith: Social Work and Other Myths Read More »

ONE PAUSE POETRY SALON is (literally) a greenhouse for poetry and poets, nurturing an appreciation for written art in all languages and encouraging experiments in creative writing. We meet every Weds in the greenhouse at …

Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry Read More »

Crazy Horse family elder Floyd Clown Sr. will join author William Matson at AADL to discuss their book, “Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life and Legacy”. The book is based on the Crazy Horse family’s oral history, …

Floyd Clown and William Matson: Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life and Legacy Read More »

Join us for Night Time Story Time at Nicola’s Book! Bring your family out for a meet + greet with illustrator Chris Van Dusen as he shares A Piglet Named Mercy. Cookies and milk will be served …

Night Time Story Time: Chris Van Dusen: A Piglet Named Mercy Read More »

Literati is pleased to welcome poets Adam Giannelli and Tommye Blount who will be reading from their latest collections Tremulous Hinge and What We Are Not For. About Tremulous Hinge: Rain intermits, bus windows steam up, loved ones suffer …

Poetry at Literati: Tommye Blount and Adam Gianelli Read More »

Literati is pleased to be on-hand as the official bookseller as the Detroit Public Library welcomes David Maraniss to their Spring Author Series, in support of his latest, A Good American Family: The Red Scare and …

David Maraniss: A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father Read More »

Award-winning journalist and writer Elaine Weiss discusses the battle for the 19th Amendment and her book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight To Win The Vote. A record number of women have been elected to Congress …

Elaine Weiss: The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote Read More »

Ann Arbor Poetry hosts an open mic every 1st and 3rd Sunday, with feature poets whenever we can get them. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetry.  

Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, David Maraniss. In his new book David captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s through the chilling …

David Maraniss: A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father Read More »

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment. Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex …

Emerging Writers: Open House Read More »

Literati is pleased to welcome Paul Vachon who will be sharing his new book Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline. About Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline Let’s talk a walk a long walk, back over three centuries. At the dawn …

Paul Vachon: Detroit: An Illustrated Timeline Read More »

For this event, Richards will be in conversation with Sherlonya Turner, Public Experience and Desk Service Manager at AADL. Cecile Richards has been an activist since she was taken to the principal’s office in seventh …

Cecile Richards: Make Trouble: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Find the Courage to Lead Read More »

Literati is thrilled to welcome novelist Jessica Francis Kane who will be sharing her new book Rules for Visiting. About Rules for Visiting: A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who …

Fiction at Literati: Jessica Francis Kane: Rules for Visiting Read More »

We welcome award-winning journalist Rebecca Clarren, in support of her debut novel Kickdown, as part of our ongoing Fiction at Literati series! Rebecca will be joined in conversation by Emily Strelow, author of The Wild Birds. The event …

Fiction at Literati: Rebecca Clarren: Kickdown Read More »

Join local author Lisa A. Nichols to celebrate the release of her debut sci-fi thriller novel, Vessel. About the Book “A surprising page-turner…Compelling. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal (starred review), Debut of the Month An astronaut returns to Earth …

Book Launch: Lisa A. Nichols: Vessel Read More »

Open-mic storytelling competitions. Open to anyone with a five-minute story to share on the night’s theme. Come tell a story, or just enjoy the show! 6:30pm Doors Open | 7:30pm Stories Begin WORSHIP: Prepare a five minute story …

The Moth Storyslam: Worship Read More »

Poetry readings are scheduled the 4th Wednesday of each month.  These events feature a reading by one or more published poets, followed by an Open Mic at which anyone is welcome to read something of …

Poetry and the Written Word: Marilynn Rashid Read More »

ONE PAUSE POETRY SALON is (literally) a greenhouse for poetry and poets, nurturing an appreciation for written art in all languages and encouraging experiments in creative writing. We meet every Weds in the greenhouse at …

Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry Read More »

A Michigan Map Society Lecture In the eighteenth century, Britain relied on geographic knowledge to reform its American empire. The schemes of colonial development and control that these maps envisioned, Edelson argues, helped provoke the …

S. Max Edelson: The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America Before Independence Read More »

The perfect gift for music and photography fans, an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries—their contact sheets. Featuring rare outtakes from over 100 photoshoots alongside interviews and …

Vikki Tobak: Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop When Read More »

Literati is honored to welcome back poet Clayton Eshelman who will be reading from his new collection Pollen Aria. About Pollen Aria: That Clayton Eshleman has not ceased from exploration over a career spanning more than 60 …

Poetry at Literati: Clayton Eshleman: Pollen Aria Read More »

Join author Tracy Richardson as she discusses her debut title The Field, a young adult sci-fi novel. She will sign copies following the event. Ticket Information: No tickets. Event Details Seating at the event will be first-come …

Tracy Richardson: The Field Read More »

All invited to listen to guild members swap stories or bring their own to tell.          

ONE PAUSE POETRY SALON is (literally) a greenhouse for poetry and poets, nurturing an appreciation for written art in all languages and encouraging experiments in creative writing. We meet every Weds in the greenhouse at …

Poetry Salon: One Pause Poetry Read More »

*Tickets for this event are available one week before the show, at 3pm ET. *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes …

The Moth Storyslam: GrandSLAM Championship Read More »

Detroit native, Ana Johns, joins us to share her debut novel The Woman in the White Kimono. Ticket Information: No tickets. Event Details Seating at the event will be first-come first-served. This event will be a standing-room …

Ana Johns: The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel Read More »