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12:00 am Ann Arbor Poetry: Cozine Welch @ Espresso Royale
Ann Arbor Poetry: Cozine Welch @ Espresso Royale
Dec 2 @ 12:00 am – 8:30 pm
Performance by this RC Prison Creative Arts Project instructor, who was incarcerated at age 17 and released just last year, after serving 18 years. His free verse poems explore the dehumanization of mass incarceration and[...]
6:30 pm Aaron Wolfe @ EMU Sponberg Theatre
Aaron Wolfe @ EMU Sponberg Theatre
Dec 2 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Storytelling by this New Jersey-based author and playwright, a Moth GrandSLAM winner whose stories have been featured on NPR and The Moth podcast. Hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m. Reception and desserts. 6:30-9 p.m., EMU Sponberg[...]
7:00 pm Adam Becker: What is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics @ Literati
Adam Becker: What is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics @ Literati
Dec 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome astrophysicist Adam Becker who will be presenting his new book What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics About What Is Real?: The untold story of the heretical[...]
5:30 pm Zell Visiting Writers: Elizabeth Alexander @ U-M Museum of Art Stern Apse
Zell Visiting Writers: Elizabeth Alexander @ U-M Museum of Art Stern Apse
Dec 4 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Literati is proud to be partnering with the Helen Zell Writers Program to host poet Elizabeth Alexander at University of Michigan Museum of Art Apse Elizabeth Alexander is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the[...]
7:00 pm Fiction at Literati: Alyson Hagy: Scribe @ Literati
Fiction at Literati: Alyson Hagy: Scribe @ Literati
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is thrilled to welcome author Alyson Hagy in support of her novel, Scribe. About Scribe: A haunting, evocative tale about the power of storytelling A brutal civil war has ravaged the country, and contagious fevers have decimated[...]
7:00 pm Hanukkah with Ann Epstein @ Jewish Community Center
Hanukkah with Ann Epstein @ Jewish Community Center
Dec 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This award-winning local writer reads from and discusses Tazia and Gemma, her new novel that spans 1911-1961, moving forward in time with the story of an unwed pregnant Italian immigrant and then backward with the story of[...]
7:30 pm The Moth Storyslam: Roads @ Greyline
The Moth Storyslam: Roads @ Greyline
Dec 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Nov. 6 & 20. 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[...]
5:30 pm U-M Author’s Forum: Ian Fielding and Peggy McCracken: Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity @ Hatcher Library, Room 100
U-M Author’s Forum: Ian Fielding and Peggy McCracken: Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity @ Hatcher Library, Room 100
Dec 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
U-M classical studies professor Ian Fielding and U-M French professor Peggy McCracken discuss Fielding’s book examining the importance of Ovid’s poetry of exile to the Latin poets writing in the social upheaval of the 4th-6th centuries, as[...]
6:00 pm Louise Penny: Kingdom of the Blind @ Pease Auditorium
Louise Penny: Kingdom of the Blind @ Pease Auditorium
Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
To purchase tickets, follow this link.  Literati Bookstore is delighted to welcome Louise Penny to the Frederic H Pease Auditorium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University for a reading in support of her latest novel[...]
3:00 pm Jennifer Robertson: Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation @ 2239 Lane Hall
Jennifer Robertson: Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation @ 2239 Lane Hall
Dec 6 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
U-M anthropology professor Jennifer Robertson reads from her new book about how Japanese robots reinforce conventional gender stereotypes and the political status quo. Panel discussion follows with U-M professors Joy Rohde (history) and Alexandra Stern[...]
4:00 pm Virginia Eubanks: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor @ Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium
Virginia Eubanks: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor @ Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium
Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
SUNY Albany political science professor Virginia Eubanks reads from her new book. Reception follows. 4-5:30 p.m., Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium, 735 S. State. Free. 764-3490.
5:30 pm Zell Visiting Writers: Elizabeth Alexander @ U-M Museum of Art Stern Auditorium
Zell Visiting Writers: Elizabeth Alexander @ U-M Museum of Art Stern Auditorium
Dec 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Literati is proud to be partnering with the Helen Zell Writers Program to host poet Elizabeth Alexander at University of Michigan Museum of Art Apse Elizabeth Alexander is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the[...]
7:00 pm Lisa Ludwinski: Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit @ Literati
Lisa Ludwinski: Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit @ Literati
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Literati is excited to welocme head baker and owner of Detroit’s Sister Pie bakery, Lisa Ludwinski, who will be sharing her new cookbook Sister Pie: The Recipes and Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit. About Sister Pie:[...]
7:00 pm Steve Daut: Telling Twain @ Serendipity Books
Steve Daut: Telling Twain @ Serendipity Books
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Veteran Chelsea storyteller and writer Steve Daut, a Second City Comedy Club grad, reads from his new collection of classic Mark Twain stories he adapted for modern audiences. The book also contains historical and performance notes for[...]
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