With contemporary writers like Sarah Vowel, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, and Myla Goldberg, State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America is a fresh look at our nation. Fifty contributors write about fifty states in this new book of essays. Co-editor Matt Weiland and contributor Saïd Sayrafiezadeh will talk about his book on Mon., Oct. 6, 7 pm at the Downtown Library and show a short, captivating film about the book, featuring 19 of the writers who gathered together to read aloud their original essays. Books will be for sale and a book signing will follow. Cosponsored by Shaman Drum Bookshop.

pictureAnnArbor is a service from AADL that gives you the opportunity to contribute digital copies of your Ann Arbor photos and documents, and easily share them on the web. Galleries currently include pictures of The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, a 1920 brochure about the Eber White addition to Ann Arbor, and more...