Literary Events

4 Wednesday    Discussion & Book Signing: Borders 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. With AUDREY KISHLINE, author of "Moderate Drinking." This is the official manual of Moderation Management, the first nationwide self-help organization devoted to helping problem drinkers learn to moderate their drinking behaviors. 668-7652.

6 Friday    Book Reading: Little Professor 7-8 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. With DORIS PATTERSON, author of "Children: Heirs of Poverty." 662-4110.

7 Saturday    Storytime with Bart and Kim: Little Professor 11 am-noon, 2513 Jackson Rd. Silly stories, silly magic, and silly crafts. For ages 4-10. 662-4110. Children's Book Reading: Borders 11 am, 612 E. Liberty. Borders hosts the Wild Thing from Maurice Sendak's "Where The Wild Things Are." 668-7652.

8 Sunday   "Kerry Tales": Kerrytown Shops/Workbench Furniture 2 pm, 410 N. Fourth Ave. (2nd floor children's furniture area). Stories for winter time and the New Year. All ages welcome. 769-3115. Mystery Book Club: Little Professor 6:30-7:30 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. Join Little Professor's Murder on the Second Sunday Book Group as they gather around the fireplace to discuss the usual... murder, mystery and mayhem. Group members receive 15% off group selections and new members are always welcome. 662-4110.

9 Monday   Poetry Reading: Guild House 8:30 pm, 802 Monroe. Features SHIRLEY SMITH and ROSALIE KARUNAS. Smith has been writing seriously since 1979 and has had poems published in "Bad Haircut," "Cellar Roots," "Moving Out," and "Northern Spies." Karunas is a Guild House Writers' Series veteran. Her poems have been published in the Chester H. Jones Foundation "National Poetry Competition Winners 1990," the "Dan River Anthology," and Washtenaw Community College's "Northern Spies." Carmen Bugan, 930-2970.

14 Saturday    Children's Reading: Borders 11 am. 612 E. Liberty. "A Revolting Development" - stories to delight children who love strange creatures and gooey messes. 668-7652. Folktales and Muslc: Little Professor 11 am-noon, 2513 Jackson Rd. With storyteller DAWN ELLIOT DANIELS. For ages 4-10. 662-4110.

16 Monday   Poetry Reading: Guild House 8:30 pm, 802 Monroe. Features CHRIS SCHEIL and JILL GLEASON. Scheil and Gleason are an engaged couple who are well established on the Grand Rapids poetry scene. They have both been published in the nationwide magazine"Big Fish." Carmen Bugan, 930-2970.

18 Wednesday    Publication Party: Shaman Drum 4-6 pm, 315 S. State. With SUSAN JUSTER, author of "Disorderly Women: Sexual Politics and Evangelicalism in Revolutionary New England." Juster, Assistant Professor of History at U-M, observes that "an image of benevolent patriarchy threatened by the specter of female power was a central motif of the wider political culture during the age of democratic revolutions." 662-7407.  African American Book Club: Little Professor 7-8 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. Gather around the fireplace to discuss this month's selections. Members receive 15% off group selections and new members are always welcome. 662-4110.  Discussion and Book Signing: Borders 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. With GORDON KANE, author of 'The Particle Garden: Our Universe as Understood by Particle Physicists." Professor of Physics at U-M and an active researcher in the particle physics community, Kane has written the clearest survey of the field of particle physics. 668-7652.

20 Friday    Publicatton Party: Shaman Drum 4-6 pm, 315 S. State. With MICHAEL D. KENNEDY, author of "Envisioning Eastern Europe: Postcommunist Cultural Studies." Kennedy is Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Research Scientist, Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, at U-M. 662-7407.

21 Saturday   Children's Reading: Borders 11 am, 612 E. Liberty. Topic: Snow, ice, and other winter deIights. 668-7652.  Storytlme with Bart and Kim: Little Professor 11 am-noon, 2513 Jackson Rd. Journey to exciting a.

23 Monday   Poetry Reading: Guild House 8:30 pm, 802 Monroe. Features JULIET WILLIAMS, a U-M gradúate student in library science. Williams is an erstwhile poet who won second prize for poetry in the Grand Rapids-based Dyer-lves contest. Carmen Bugan, 930-2970.

24 Tuesday   Discussion and Book Signing: Shaman Drum 5-7 pm, 315 S. State. With ELIZABETH WURTZEL, author of "Prozac Nation." This book is Wurtzel's memoir of her prolonged battle with a crippling recurrence of clinical depression. It is both harrowing and hilarious. 662-7407. Discussion and Book Signing: Borders 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. With ELIZABETH WURTZEL, author of "Prozac Nation" (see above listing). 668-7652.

25 Wednesday    Reception: Shaman Drum 5-7 pm, 315 S. State. With BARRY LOPEZ, author of "Reíd Notes," a collection of short stories. Lopez's previous work, "Arctic Dreams," won a National Book Award in 1986. 662-7407.

28 Saturday    Big Winter Book Sale: Friends of the A2 Public Library 10 am-4 pm, 343 S. Fifth Ave. Hardcovers .50, paperbacks .25. 761 -6671. Children's Reading: Borders 11 am, 612 E. Liberty. Set out on an adventure with stories about exploring strange places and pursuing new experiences. 668-7652.

29 Sunday    Tri-State Book and Paper Show: Volume I Books 10 am-4 pm, Montpelier, Ohio Holiday Inn. Postcards, magazines, posters, collectible and readable books, and more, $3/children under 12 free. 437-2228. Poetry Reading: Del Rio Bar 1:30-4:30 pm, 122 W. Washington. Join the FEED THE POETS GROUP for an afternoon of poetry from the area's finest poets. There will also be one hour of open mike reading for those brave souls yet to achieve recognition. Interested poets should contact the Del Rio for scheduling arrangements or further information. 761-2530. Big Winter Book Sale: Friends of the A2 Public Library 1:30-4:30 pm. $4/filled grocery bag of books (see 28 Sat). "Booked for Sundays" Book Group: Little Professor 7-8 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. Make a New Year's resolution and get Booked for Sundays with our book group. Join us around the fireplace on the last Sunday of each month. 15% off group selections and new members are always welcome. 662-4110 .

30 Monday   Big Winter Book Sale: Friends of the A2 Public Library 10 am-8 pm. $4/filled grocery bag of books (see 28 Sat) Poetry Reading: Guild House 8:30 pm, 802 Monroe. Features GERRY LAFEMINA, author of the chapbook "Rest Stops" and a full-length collection, "23 Below." His poems and essays have appeared in "Cimarron Review," "Colorado Review," "Seneca Review" and many others. Carmen Bugan, 930-2970