Literary Events
Send your Literary Events for the MAY issue of AGENDA by April 15 to: AGENDA, 220 S. Main SI, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
1 Wednesday
African-American Book Club: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm, 251 3 Jackson Rd. Discuss the selection for April. Valeria Banks 942-6013
Michael Bernstein Memorial Leeture: Hillel 8 pm, Rackham Aud. A talk by DR. DANIEL GOLDHAGEN, author of "Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust." 769-0500
Meeting: Shaman Drum Bookshop 7:30 pm, 313 S. State. Informational meeting with members of the Great Lakes Literary Alliance (GLLA). Help develop a reading series pairing local writers with nationally known writers, workshops tor writers seeking grants, and start-up of a literary Journal. 662-7407
2 Thursday
Publication Reception: Shaman Drum Bookshop 4-6 pm, 31 3 S. State. MIRIAN BODIAN celebrates the publication of "Hebrews of the Portugese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam." 662-7407
Discussion & Signing: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 61 2 E. Liberty. Mystery writer MICHAEL CONNELY talks about his new novel "Blood Work." 668-7652
4 Saturday
Children's Story Hour: Little Professor Book Co. 11 am-noon, 2513 Jackson Rd. PAM CRISOVAN (Mama Moon) will have bunny stories and teach how to make a bunny bag puppet. 662-4110
Children's Storytime: Borders Books 11 am, 612 E. Liberty. Peter Rabbit story hour. 668-7652
Discussion & Signing: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. Psychological thriller writer PATRICK MCGRATH talks about his new novel "Asylum." 668-7652
5 Sunday
Kerry Tales: Kerrytown Shops 2 pm, Workbench Furniture, 2nd floor, 410 N. Fourth. April Showers with Mother Goose, TRUDY BULKLEY. 769-3115
6 Monday
Writers Series: Guild House 8:30 pm, 802 Monroe. Open mic and featured poetry events every Mon. Special themes and attention to individual poets. Van Baldwin 995-1956
Publication Celebration: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 313 S. State. Contributors to the new issue of Xylem, the U-M Undergraduate Literary Journal, read poetry and fiction. 6627407
7 Tuesday
A2 Poetry Slam: The Heidelberg Club Above 7:30 pm, 215 N. Main. With featured poet and editor of Dirty Word Magazine, KEVIN CHARLES of Kalamazoo. Open mic and slam. Last chance to qualify for this year's A2 Grand Slam or the National Poetry Grand Slam, $3. 426-3451
Discussion & Signing: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. Historian EDWARD C. PINTZUK's book "Reds, Racial Justice and Civil Liberties - Michigan Communists During the Cold War" focuses on what Michigan Communists actually did through the McCarthy years, drawing from unpublished FBI and Communist party papers, collections and interviews. 668-7652
8 Wednesday
Discussion & Signing: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. DONALD ANTRIM taiks about "The Hundred Brothers," described as "a collision between the Brothers Karamazov and the Marx Brothers." 668-7652
Reading: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 313 S. State. Poet THYLLIAS MOSS reads from her latest book, "Last Chance for the Tarzan Holler." 662-7407
9 Thursday
Discussion/Demonstration: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. LOU ROSENFELD and PETER MORVILLE share techniques from their book "Information Architecture and the World Wide Web." 668-7652
11 Saturday
Children's Story Hour: Little Professor Book Co. 11 am, 2513 Jackson Rd. Seasonal stories with CHARLES LEWIS, and a noon visit from Peter Rabbit. 662-4110
Children's Storytime: Borders Books 11 am, 612 E. Liberty. 668-7652
Discussion & Reading: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. Poet BILLY COLLINS reads from "Picnic, Lightning." 668-7652
13 Monday
Women's Book Group: Guild House noon-1 pm, 802 Monroe. Discuss books that focus on women's experience and issues of spirituality and multiculturalism. 662-5189
Discussion & Signing: Borders Books 7 pm, 612 E. Liberty. Psychologist DAVID KLEIN brings us "Saying Goodbye: You and Your Aging Parents." 668-7652
Discussion: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 313 S. State. Historian LIONEL JENSEN forces us to rethink an entire field of study in "Manufacturing Confucianism: Chinese Traditions and Universal Civilization." 662-7407
Writers Series: Guild House 8:30 pm (see 6 Mon)
14 Tuesday
Reading: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 313 S. State. ORHAN PAMAUK celebrates the publication in paperback of "The New Life." 662-7407
15 Wednesday
Reading: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 3T3 S. State. MARY DORIA RUSSELL reads from "Children of God," her sequel to "The Sparrow." 662-7407
16 Thursday
Reading & Signing: Borders Books 7 pm, 612 E. Liberty. DOROTHY ALLISON reads from her latest novel, "Cavedweller." 668-7652
Reading: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 31 3 S. State. Poet ROBIN ROBERTSON reads from "A Painted Field." 662-7407
18 Saturday
Children's Story Hour: Little Professor Book Co.11am-noon, 2513 Jackson Rd. PAM CRISOVAN (Mama Moon) will tell stories and show how to make a Japanese fan. 662-4110
Children's Storytime: Borders Books 11 am, 61 2 E. Liberty. Local children's author MARIAN NELSON reads from "Priscilla's Patch." 668-7652
19 Sunday
Stilyagi Air Corps: Little Professor Book Co. 5 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. Sci-Fi Book Club. Discuss your favorite science fiction and fantasy stories for children. Chad 390-2369 or www.stilyagi.orgstilyagibook.html
Booked for Murder: Little Professor Book Co. 6 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. Discuss two novels with themes about high school reunions: "Most Likely to Die" by JACQUELINE GIRDNER and "Hotel South Dakota" by KATHLEEN TAYLOR. 769-3362
20 Monday
1st Annual Storytelling Festival: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm, 251 3 Jackson Rd. WANITA FORGACS presents folk tales especially for preschool and elementary school-aged children. 769-3362
Writers Series: Guild House 8:30 pm (see 6 Mon)
21 Tuesday
1st Annual Storytelling Festival: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm. 251 3 Jackson Rd. MARJORIE SCHAEFER offers historical stories for older children and adults. 769-3362
Reading & Discussion: Borders Books 7 pm, 612 E. Liberty. Poet DEBRA ALLBERY brings her collection, " Walking the Distance." 668-7652
Winners Celebration: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 313 S. State. Winners of its third annual Poetry Contest. Open mic if time permits. 662-7407
22 Wednesday
1st Annual Storytelling Festival: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm, 251 3 Jackson Rd. Mother Goose (TRUDY BULKLEY) tells the stories that have made her a local legend. 769-3362
Discussion: Borders Books 7 pm, 612 E. Liberty. DANIEL ALLEN BUTLER shares "Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic." In-depth hows and whys. 668-7652
23 Thursday
1st Annual Storytelling Festival: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. JUDY SCHMIDT shares folk and historical tales with adults and older children. 769-3362
Discussion: Borders Books 7 pm, 612 E. Liberty. Historian David Hogan brings a sack full of White Castle burgers so you can eat one while he talks up his book, "Selling 'Em By the Sack - White Castle and the Creation of American Food." 668-7652
Reading: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 313 S. State. KATHLEEN NORRIS reads from "Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith." 662-7407
24 Friday
1st Annual Storytelling Festival: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. GREG HARRIS offers stories based on his own childhood from "Travels with a Navy Brat," for _an upper elementary through adult audience. 769-3362
25 Saturday
Children's Story Hour: Little Professor Book Co. 11 am, 2513 Jackson Rd. Seasonal stories with CHARLES LEWIS. 662-4110
Children's Storytime: Borders Books 11 am, 612 E. Liberty. 668-7652
Poetry Publishing Workshop: Shaman Drum Bookshop 3-5 pm, 31 3 S. State. Poetry Editor at W. W. Norton, JILL BIALOSKY will offer suggestions on how to put together a manuscript and how to get it published. Pre-register, $20. 662-7407
1st Annual Storytelling Festival: Little Professor Book Co. 7 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. ERIC ENGEL presents folk and historical tales f or adults and older children. 769-3362
26 Sunday
Discussion: Little Professor Book Co. 2 pm, 2513 Jackson Rd. MARIANNA STRUMPEL KATONA presents "Tales From the Berlin Wall." 769-3362
27 Monday
Women's Book Group: Guild House noon (see 13 Mon)
Reading: Shaman Drum Bookshop 8 pm, 31 3 S. State. REV. RICHARDO. SINGLETON reads from "The Last Words of the Resurrected Christ." 662-7407
Writers Series: Guild House 8:30 pm (see 6 Mon)
28 Tuesday
Reception: Shaman Drum Bookshop 4-6 pm, 31 3 S. State. DONALD L0PEZ celebrates the publication of "Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West," re-situating Tibet in the material world and in history, a necessary step tor seeing it as it is, not as we would have it be. 662-7407
Reading & Signing: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. SEAMUS DEANE reads from "Reading in the Dark," the story of a young boy in 1950s Northern Ireland. 668-7652
29 Wednesday
Lake Effect Reading Series: Great Lakes Literary Alliance 8 pm, Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Emerging local poet THOMAS LYNCH will read from "Still Life in Milford." Widely published, recent U-M creative writing graduate. CATHERINE SETO, will read from her short stories. Donations appreciated. 913-9786
30 Thursday
Discussion & Signing: Borders Books 7:30 pm, 612 E. Liberty. JOHN LEE ANDERSON talks about his new book, "Ché Guevara: A Revolutionary Life." 668-7652