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Ann Arbor Poetry: Joe Harris and Tony Zick
@ Espresso Royale
Ann Arbor Poetry: Joe Harris and Tony Zick
@ Espresso Royale
Apr 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Double bill. Currently getting his teacher education PhD at MSU, Harris was the 2005 Rustbelt Poetry Slam individual champion, and frequently publishes, performs, and teaches poetry. Ann Arbor native Zick recently received his MFA in poetry[...]
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7:00 pm
Emerging Writers: Open House
@ AADL Westgate
Emerging Writers: Open House
@ AADL Westgate
Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
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.
7:00 pm
Kristy Robinett: Tails from the Afterlife: Stories of Signs, Messages and Inspiration from Your Animal Companions
@ Saline District Library
Kristy Robinett: Tails from the Afterlife: Stories of Signs, Messages and Inspiration from Your Animal Companions
@ Saline District Library
Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Highland-based psychic medium and writer Kristy Robinett discusses her book. 7 p.m., SDL, 555 N. Maple, Saline. Free; preregistration required. 429-5450.
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4:00 pm
Weiser Inauguration Lecture: Anne-Marie Slaughter: Global Hot Spots and Blind Spots
@ 1010 Weiser Hall
Weiser Inauguration Lecture: Anne-Marie Slaughter: Global Hot Spots and Blind Spots
@ 1010 Weiser Hall
Apr 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
New America think tank CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former U.S. State Department policy planning director, presents a talk adapted from her new book, The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Dangerous World. Reception follows; signing. 4-5:30[...]
7:00 pm
Fiction at Literati: John Scalzi
@ Literati
Fiction at Literati: John Scalzi
@ Literati
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome acclaimed novelist John Scalzi who will share his latest, Head On: A Novel of the Near Future About Head On: John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and[...]
7:00 pm
Rosalind Wiseman: Queen Bees and Masterminds
@ Greenhills School
Rosalind Wiseman: Queen Bees and Masterminds
@ Greenhills School
Apr 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
New York Times bestselling author Rosalind Wiseman, whose book about teen girls, “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” inspired Tina Fey’s movie “Mean Girls,” visits Greenhills April 17 to speak with the public about the social dynamics[...]
7:30 pm
The Moth Storyslam: Mail
@ Greyline
The Moth Storyslam: Mail
@ Greyline
Apr 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Apr. 3 & 17. 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[...]
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Ann Arbor Youth Poet Laureate Commencement Performance
@ AADL Multipurpose Room
Ann Arbor Youth Poet Laureate Commencement Performance
@ AADL Multipurpose Room
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Readings by the five finalists in the library’s 3rd annual Youth Poet Laureate contest. The finalists were chosen by a panel of local poets, some of whom are on hand tonight to announce the winner,[...]
7:30 pm
David Sedaris: Theft By Finding Diaries
@ Michigan Theater
David Sedaris: Theft By Finding Diaries
@ Michigan Theater
Apr 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Known for his acidic humor, sharp-witted verbal elegance, and sardonically incisive social critiques, this popular satirist made his comic debut in 1992 on NPR’s Morning Edition recounting his strange-but-true experiences as a Macy’s elf clad in green[...]
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4:30 pm
James Forman: Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
@ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
James Forman: Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
@ Hatcher Library Gallery 100
Apr 19 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Yale University law professor James Forman discusses his new book about the current U.S. mass incarceration crisis. Signing. 4:30 p.m., 100 U-M Hatcher Grad Library Gallery, enter from the Diag. Free. 763-8994.
7:00 pm
Open Mike at Serendipity Books
@ Serendipity Books
Open Mike at Serendipity Books
@ Serendipity Books
Apr 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
All adults invited to sign up for a 5-minute slot to showcase their poetry, prose, music, or comedy. All invited to listen. 7-8:30 p.m., Serendipity, 113 W. Middle, Chelsea. Free. Sign up by calling 475-8732,[...]
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7:00 pm
Marcus Wicker: Silencer
@ AADL Multipurpose Room
Marcus Wicker: Silencer
@ AADL Multipurpose Room
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This Ann Arbor native reads from his recent poetry collection, Silencer, which focuses on the politics of middle-class black respectability. “There is not a moment in this book when you are allowed to forget the complexities of[...]
7:00 pm
The Exit Interview with Keith Taylor and Cody Walker
@ Literati
The Exit Interview with Keith Taylor and Cody Walker
@ Literati
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to be celebrating the work and formal career of the poet and close friend of the store, Keith Taylor. Keith will be retiring from the University of Michigan at the end of the Winter[...]
7:00 pm
Tobias Buckell: The Tangled Lands
@ Nicola's Books
Tobias Buckell: The Tangled Lands
@ Nicola's Books
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Meet Tobias Buckell, bestselling sci-fi author of Halo: The Cole Protocol and the Xenowealth series, as he talks about his newest fantasy novel, The Tangled Lands, co-written with Hugo Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi! In four interrelated parts, The Tangled[...]
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2:00 pm
Gene Yang: Reading without Walls
@ Literati
Gene Yang: Reading without Walls
@ Literati
Apr 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Literati Bookstore is thrilled to partner with the Ann Arbor Distric Library to welcome Gene Luen Yang! This event includes a book signing and books will be on sale. The event will take place in the[...]
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