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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Luis Alberto Urrea
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters23\n\nZell 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.\n\nLuis 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.”\n\n*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.\n\nFor 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.\n\nU-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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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/108969
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Writing
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20240319T120603
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240404T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240404T193000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:WISE Nights In
DESCRIPTION:Our WISE Lead Student Ambassadors are planning a series of social events for women in STEM at UM called WISE Nights In! Join us for free food\, fun activities\, and a chance to make connections with other STEM students.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/118035
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Michigan Engineering,Sessions,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Women In Engineering,Women In Science,Women In Science And Engineering,Women In Stem
LOCATION:3236 Undergraduate Science Building
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DTSTAMP:20240315T093149
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240404T193000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AA&PI Heritage Month Anti-Racism Teach-In
DESCRIPTION:This MESA Anti-Racism Teach-in is tailored to the Asian American & Pacific Islander community and offers a space for attendees to communicate with each other\, discuss their own perceptions and worldviews about race and privilege\, and engage in productive dialogue that will create more equitable and accessible spaces. Our hope is to raise critical consciousness and understand opportunities for action.\n\nASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH\nAA&PI Heritage Month is presented by MESA's AA&PI Heritage Month Planning Committee. Find more events at mesa.umich.edu/asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/120153
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:MESA Office
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