Sweetland lecturer T. Hetzel, the host of the acclaimed WCBN produced radio program "Living Writers" will be sitting down for a talk with Zell Distinguished Poet in Residence Naoi Shihab Nye. T Hetzel hosts Living Writers, a weekly radio program on WCBN FM Ann Arbor. T.'s talent for putting her guests at ease generates insightful and interesting hour-long conversations with local and visiting writers about their craft and new work. She teaches writing at the University of Michigan and lives on the west side.

Naomi Shihab Nye describes herself as a “wandering poet.” She has spent 35 years traveling the country and the world to lead writing workshops and inspire students of all ages. Nye was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother and grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem, and San Antonio. Drawing on her Palestinian-American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her experiences traveling in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America and the Middle East, Nye uses her writing to attest to our shared humanity.

There will be live entertainment from School of Music Jazz Performance Studies major Kirsten Carey and refreshments in the form of WCBN's 40th birthday blend coffee - courtesy of the Ugly Mug.