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3:00 pm Supriya Kelker: Ahimsa @ Nicola's Books
Supriya Kelker: Ahimsa @ Nicola's Books
Oct 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Supriya Kelkar was born and raised in the Midwest, Supriya learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week. Winner of the 2015 New Visions Award for her middle grade novel AHIMSA, (October 2,[...]
7:00 pm Jeffrey Eugenides: Fresh Complaint, with Claire Vaye Watkins @ Michigan Union Ballroom
Jeffrey Eugenides: Fresh Complaint, with Claire Vaye Watkins @ Michigan Union Ballroom
Oct 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, author of The Virgin Suicidesand Middlesex, is joined by local novelist Claire Vaye Watkins in a discussion of Fresh Complaint, his new collection of short stories about characters that range from a failed poet who turns[...]
7:00 pm Tiya Miles: Dawn of Detroit @ Literati
Tiya Miles: Dawn of Detroit @ Literati
Oct 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welcome author Tiya Miles who will be discussing her new book Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Bondage and Freedom in the City of the Straits About Dawn of Detroit: Most Americans believe that slavery[...]
7:00 pm Rebekah Modrak and Contributors: #exstrange @ Literati
Rebekah Modrak and Contributors: #exstrange @ Literati
Oct 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to host a panel discussion of the new book #exstrange: A Curatorial Intervention on Ebay  About #Exstrange #exstrange: a curatorial intervention on eBay presents the #exstrange exhibition project, which transformed one of the largest marketplaces on the[...]
11:30 am Waterman Alumnae Town Hall Celebrity Lecture Series: Jim Laurie @ Michigan Union Ballroom
Waterman Alumnae Town Hall Celebrity Lecture Series: Jim Laurie @ Michigan Union Ballroom
Oct 11 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Talk by this Peabody- and Emmy-winning international journalist and broadcaster, former global correspondent for ABC News and NBC News, who was the only American network correspondent to cover the communist takeover of Saigon and who[...]
5:30 pm Zell Visiting Writers: Mohsin Hamid @ Rackham
Zell Visiting Writers: Mohsin Hamid @ Rackham
Oct 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
This international Pakistani writer reads from Exit West, his celebrated new novel about 2 young people who begin a furtive love affair in a country teetering on the brink of civil war. They eventually decide to leave[...]
7:00 pm Poetry and the Written Word @ Crazy Wisdom
Poetry and the Written Word @ Crazy Wisdom
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
All invited to read and discuss their poetry or short stories. Bring about 6 copies of your work to share. Hosted by local poets and former college English teachers Joe Kelty and Ed Morin. 7-9[...]
7:30 pm Mom’s Night Out with Jen Mann: People I Want to Punch in the Throat @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Mom’s Night Out with Jen Mann: People I Want to Punch in the Throat @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
This popular Kansas blogger became an internet sensation with her list of “People I Want to Punch in the Throat.” Tonight, she reads from her debut essay collection, People I Want to Punch in the Throat:[...]
7:30 pm Poetry at Literati: Katie Willingham @ Literati
Poetry at Literati: Katie Willingham @ Literati
Oct 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Literati is excited to welcome Katie Willingham who will be reading from her new poetry collection Unlikely Designs About Unlikely Designs A collection intent on worrying the boundaries between natural and unnatural, human and not, Unlikely Designs draws far-ranging source[...]
6:00 pm Fred Mayer: A Setting for Excellence: The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus …. @ Hatcher Library Rm 100
Fred Mayer: A Setting for Excellence: The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus …. @ Hatcher Library Rm 100
Oct 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Former U-M planner Fred Mayer, a founding member of the Society for College and University Planning, discusses his 2015 book. In conjunction with the Clark Library exhibit Creating a Campus: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M’s Bicentennial, which runs through[...]
7:00 pm Children’s Authors Stuart Gibbs and James Ponti @ Nicola's Books
Children’s Authors Stuart Gibbs and James Ponti @ Nicola's Books
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Stuart Gibbs is the author of the FunJungle series, as well as the New York Times bestselling Spy School and Moon Base Alpha series. He has written the screenplays for movies like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate, worked on a[...]
7:00 pm Open Mic and Share: Tracey Morris @ Bookbound
Open Mic and Share: Tracey Morris @ Bookbound
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Bookbound is pleased to welcome Tracey Morris as our featured poet for October. Tracey is a Detroit-based poet and writer whose work has been featured in A Detroit Anthology (Belt Publishing), Michigan Poet Anthology, and on the Motor[...]
7:00 pm Stepping Beyond: Childhood Stories of Memorable Characters Who Stretched Our Understanding of the World @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Stepping Beyond: Childhood Stories of Memorable Characters Who Stretched Our Understanding of the World @ AADL Multipurpose Room
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
AADL director Josie Barnes Parker, AADL storyteller Kayla Coughlin, and AADL youth librarian Laura Pershin Raynor, a former National Storyteller of the Year, tell funny, touching stories, interspersed with guitar-and-banjo tunes by local musicians Betsy[...]
7:00 pm Storytellers Guild: Story Night @ Crazy Wisdom
Storytellers Guild: Story Night @ Crazy Wisdom
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Storytellers Guild members present a program of old tales and personal stories for grownups. Free; donations accepted. annarborstorytelling.org, facebook.com/annarborstorytellers. 665-2757.
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