Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/group/1150/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 2024 Annual Robertson Lecture (March 28, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120593 120593-21845006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing

Join us for an afternoon of profound insight and captivating verse with LSA Residential College alumna, Nandi Comer, the current Poet Laureate of Michigan.

Drawing from her rich Detroit roots, Comer's poetry delves into the city's history while exploring themes of race, gender, sexuality, and class.

Author of acclaimed works like "American Family: A Syndrome" and "Tapping Out," which earned her prestigious awards, including the 2020 Society of Midland Authors Award and the 2020 Julie Suk Award, Comer's talent shines through her powerful storytelling. As a Cave Canem Fellow, a Callaloo Fellow, and a 2019 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow, she brings a wealth of experience and depth to her craft.

Don't miss this opportunity to witness the artistry of a true literary trailblazer!

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:44:39 -0400 2024-03-28T15:00:00-04:00 2024-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing Lecture / Discussion Nandi Comer
Reading and Q&A with Luis Alberto Urrea (April 4, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108969 108969-21820661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing

Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters23

Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come, first served basis; please arrive early to secure a spot.

Luis Alberto Urrea, a Guggenheim Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of 18 books, winning numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, Urrea is most recognized as a border writer, though he says, “I am more interested in bridges, not borders.” His most recent novel, *Good Night Irene*, was published in May 2023 and is inspired by his mother’s service in Europe during WWII as a Red Cross Clubmobile “Donut Dolly.”

*The Devil’s Highway,* Urrea’s 2004 non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize. *The House of Broken Angels*, was a 2018 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a *New York Times* Notable Book of the Year. He won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction award for his collection of short stories, *The Water Museum, *which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Urrea’s novel *Into the Beautiful North* is a Big Read selection of the National Endowment of the Arts. He is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event, whenever possible, to allow time to arrange services.

U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:46:53 -0400 2024-04-04T17:30:00-04:00 2024-04-04T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing Lecture / Discussion Luis Alberto Urrea
Lending Attention and the Understory (April 5, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108970 108970-21820663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2024 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing

Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters23

Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lectures are free and open to the public, and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in The Robert Hayden Conference Room, Angell Hall #3222). Seats are offered on a first come, first served basis; please arrive early to secure a spot. Please contact kimjulie@umich.edu with any questions or accommodation needs.

"In Spanish, you do not 'pay attention,' you 'lend attention.' I use this idea as a subtle technique in character development that often draws details from the people and places I know best. These details are what I call “the understory” of memory. The way authors do this is not accidental, it is a form of intuitive writing. There is always more than meets the eye."

Luis Alberto Urrea, a Guggenheim Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of 18 books, winning numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, Urrea is most recognized as a border writer, though he says, “I am more interested in bridges, not borders.” His most recent novel, *Good Night Irene*, was published in May 2023 and is inspired by his mother’s service in Europe during WWII as a Red Cross Clubmobile “Donut Dolly.”

*The Devil’s Highway,* Urrea’s 2004 non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize. *The House of Broken Angels,* was a 2018 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a *New York Times* Notable Book of the Year. He won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction award for his collection of short stories, *The Water Museum,* which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Urrea’s novel *Into the Beautiful North* is a Big Read selection of the National Endowment of the Arts. He is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email kimjulie@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (Angell Hall #5209), reflection room (Haven Hall #1506), and gender-inclusive restroom (Angell Hall 5th floor) are available on site. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event, whenever possible, to allow time to arrange services.

U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:32:00 -0400 2024-04-05T10:00:00-04:00 2024-04-05T11:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing Lecture / Discussion Luis Alberto Urrea
Your Book at Each Stage of the Publishing Process: Acquisition, Editing, Publication (April 19, 2024 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109956 109956-21823477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2024 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing

This event is virtual-only (via Zoom) and is open to Helen Zell Writers' Program MFA students and Zell Fellows, as well as U-M graduate and undergraduate students. It is not open to the general public. Please email Julie Cadman-Kim (kimjulie@umich.edu) for login instructions.

Katie Raissian is a senior editor at Grove Atlantic, where she acquires and edits literary fiction and nonfiction. Authors she has worked with include Colin Barrett, Ada Calhoun, Isabella Hammad, Megan Hunter, Claire Keegan, Dantiel W. Moniz, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Regan Penaluna, and Madhuri Vijay. Some recent and upcoming titles include So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan, Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver, and Wild Houses by Colin Barrett. She is also the founder and publisher of Stonecutter Journal, in which she published original work by John Ashbery, Cathy Linh Che, Mark O’Connell, Renee Gladman, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Sally Rooney, and Nicole Sealey, among others.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:33:24 -0400 2024-04-19T14:00:00-04:00 2024-04-19T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language & Literature - MFA Program in Creative Writing Lecture / Discussion