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Two of the 20 books on the 2015 Library of Michigan Notable Books list have RC roots: A Detroit Anthology (an assortment of poems, essays, and photographs about Detroit), edited by RC Creative Writing alum Anna Clark, and Making Callaloo in Detroit (a collection of stories about growing up in Detroit with Caribbean roots) by RC Creative Writing instructor Lolita Hernandez. More at the Library of Michigan site.

Author’s Forum Presents: Making Callaloo in Detroit: A Conversation with the RC’s Lolita Hernandez and Laura Thomas, Tuesday, March 31 at 5:30 pm in Room 100 of the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Angeline Dimambro, Ariel Kaplowitz, and Jacob Gorski will read from their senior theses. 7 pm, Benzinger Library.

RC Creative Writing alum Peter Anderson recently played Vladimir in a Vancouver production of Waiting for Godot. Click here for a review in the Times Colonist. Peter also had a small role as a North Carolina sheriff in an episode of Supernatural (“The Things They Carried”). The episode is viewable on the CW’s Supernatural website; Peter appears between 5:10 and 6:41.

RC alum Shelley Ettinger‘s first book, the  novel Vera’s Will, has received a starred review from Library Journal, which calls it “powerful, superbly written” and “a breathtaking achievement.” More information on Shelley and her book are available from her website, Facebook, and Amazon.

Missed the RC Review’s deadline? Created your creative masterpiece over winter break and have absolutely nowhere to send it? Has your your cat started leaving the room, concerned that you’ll ask for help editing your novel – again?! You’re in luck! The RC Review is still accepting a few submissions – especially prose! Send your submissions to rcreviewsubmissions@gmail.com .

RC Creative Writing alumnus Peter Anderson‘s adaptation (co-written with Colin Heath) of Don Quixote will receive its U.S. premiere at the Marin Shakespeare Festival in Marin County, California from July 31 – August 30, 2015.  Peter hopes to attend the official opening on August 7.

Current RC Creative Writing student Paige Pfleger published an essay on the origins of Eight Mile Road in “The Detroiter” section of the Michigan Radio site.