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2:00 pm Meet: Sonali Dev @ Nicola's Books
Meet: Sonali Dev @ Nicola's Books
Nov 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Sonali Dev‘s novel A Bollywood Affair was published this October. Her  first literary work was a play about mistaken identities performed at her neighborhood Diwali extravaganza in Mumbai. She was eight years old. Despite this early success,[...]
7:00 pm Discussion: Annabelle Gurwitch @ LIVE
Discussion: Annabelle Gurwitch @ LIVE
Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Comic actress Annabelle Gurwitch discusses her new memoir about turning 50, I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50.
7:00 pm Meet: Harry Dolan @ Nicola's Books
Meet: Harry Dolan @ Nicola's Books
Nov 17 @ 7:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Harry Dolan is the author of the mystery/suspense novels BAD THINGS HAPPEN (2009), VERY BAD MEN (2011), and THE LAST DEAD GIRL (2014). He graduated from Colgate University, where he majored in philosophy and studied[...]
7:00 pm Reading: Robin Silbergleid @ Literati Bookstore
Reading: Robin Silbergleid @ Literati Bookstore
Nov 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Robin Silbergleid is an associate professor of English at Michigan State University, where she directs the creative writing program. She is the author of the chapbook Pas de Deux: Prose and Other Poems (Basilisk Press[...]
5:00 pm Conversation: David Bezmozgis and Jeremiah Chamberlin @ Stern Auditorium, Museum of Art
Conversation: David Bezmozgis and Jeremiah Chamberlin @ Stern Auditorium, Museum of Art
Nov 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
David Bezmozgis is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, and author of The Betrayers. His stories have appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, Harpers, Zoetrope All-Story, and The Walrus. His first book, Natasha and Other Stories, was published[...]
7:00 pm Reading: Lisa Viger @ Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Reading: Lisa Viger @ Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Talk and book signing with Lisa Viger, author of Affordable, Easy Raw: How to Go Raw on $10 a Day. Join Lisa as she discusses the benefits of a raw food diet and shares tips[...]
7:30 pm Moth Storyslam @ Circus
Moth Storyslam @ Circus
Nov 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly 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 who sign[...]
7:00 pm Reading: John F. Buckley @ Literati Bookstore
Reading: John F. Buckley @ Literati Bookstore
Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
John F. Buckley reads from Yankee Broadcast Network, his latest collaboration with Martin Ott. Buckley is a recent graduate of the Helen Sell Writers’ Program at U-M. He has been writing poetry since an attempt at writing a[...]
5:10 pm Presentation: Francoise Mouly @ Michigan Theater
Presentation: Francoise Mouly @ Michigan Theater
Nov 20 @ 5:10 pm – 6:30 pm
Since 1993, when Françoise Mouly joined The New Yorker as art editor, she has been responsible for over 1,000 of the magazine’s signature covers, many of which were chosen by The American Society of Magazine[...]
6:00 pm Sweetland Word Squared: Laura Kasischke @ Literati Bookstore
Sweetland Word Squared: Laura Kasischke @ Literati Bookstore
Nov 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
RC Writing Alum and U-M Professor of English Laura Kasischke will participate in a live broadcast of Word Squared with T Hetzel. Sweetland Center for Writing’s Word Squared lets you hear directly from U-M professors about their[...]
7:00 pm Discussion: Andrew Grant and Elizabeth Heiter @ Aunt Agatha's
Discussion: Andrew Grant and Elizabeth Heiter @ Aunt Agatha's
Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
UK-bred mystery writer Andrew Grant discusses his new thriller, Run, and Michigan writer Elizabeth Heiter discusses her new thriller, Hunted.
8:00 pm Lecture: Russell Shorto @ Michigan League, Vandenberg Room
Lecture: Russell Shorto @ Michigan League, Vandenberg Room
Nov 20 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Russell Shorto, author of national best-seller The Island at the Center of the World, Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City, many New York Times Magazine articles, and articles in national Dutch newspapers[...]
8:00 pm Reading: U-M alum Scott Beal @ Neutral Zone
Reading: U-M alum Scott Beal @ Neutral Zone
Nov 20 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Local poet Scott Beal, an award-winning U-M creative writing grad, reads from his recently published debut collection, which deploys familiar characters from Rapunzel to Perseus and whimsically surreal tall tales to explore the varied and[...]
7:00 pm Reading: Aaron Poochigian @ Literati Bookstore
Reading: Aaron Poochigian @ Literati Bookstore
Nov 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Aaron Poochigian‘s recent translation of Jason and the Argonauts will be published by Penguin Classics (October 2014). Born in 1973, he attended Moorhead State University (1991-96), then University of Minnesota (Classics). . After traveling and research[...]
7:00 pm Webster Reading Series @ Stern Auditorium
Webster Reading Series @ Stern Auditorium
Nov 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Readings by U-M creative writing grad students, including fiction writer Clay Pearn and poet Stephen Rodriguez.  
8:00 pm RC Players: Breaking News @ Keene Theater
RC Players: Breaking News @ Keene Theater
Nov 21 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Breaking News:  A Tragedy-Comedy about the Comedy of Tragedy The sleepy town of Hiddlesville is rocked with explosions, and everybody’s got something to say about it. Television pundits and government agents are honing in on[...]
12:00 pm Presentation and Signing: Chris van Allsburg @ Literati Bookstore
Presentation and Signing: Chris van Allsburg @ Literati Bookstore
Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Children’s book author Chris Van Allsburg will give a presentation and sign in support of his latest work, The Misadventures of Sweetie-Pie. Van Allsburg is a Michigan native and U-M alum. He is the winner of two[...]
8:00 pm RC Players: Breaking News @ Keene Theater
RC Players: Breaking News @ Keene Theater
Nov 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Breaking News:  A Tragedy-Comedy about the Comedy of Tragedy The sleepy town of Hiddlesville is rocked with explosions, and everybody’s got something to say about it. Television pundits and government agents are honing in on[...]
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