Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Alum Connections: Sonja Magdevski (June 11, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74761 74761-18968449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 11, 2020 3:30pm
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Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Winemaker, Writer, and Entrepreneur, Sonja Magdevski
A journalist by training but a winemaker by passion, Sonja will speak to students about her circuitous career path from LSA to winemarker and owner of her own vineyard, Casa Dumetz. Through her own experience, Sonja will help students navigate the uncertainty of non-linear personal and professional progression. Students will have an opportunity to learn how career preparedness can make the difference between taking risks and being too risky.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Looking to gather learnings on career pivots and the viability of pursuing passion projects
Curious about journalism, entrepreneurship, or viticulture and the wine industry

What you’ll gain by attending:
Hear about this LSA alum’s experience as a political science and journalism student and the years she spent reading, writing and learning.
Learn about her journey from classroom to wine tasting room and apply those learnings to your own career planning
Gain experience-driven insights into entrepreneurship and diversifying your work
Understand how to leverage your skills, experience, and chance opportunities that come your way to advance lifelong passions and aspirations

RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

Please be advised that this virtual event will be recorded and may be published later at future date through LSA Opportunity Hub’s media channels. If you'd prefer not to be recorded, please make sure to mute your video at the start of the event. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:59:33 -0400 2020-06-11T15:30:00-04:00 2020-06-11T16:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Sonja Magdevski Photo
Going Viral: Epidemics and Media in the Age of Print (June 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74917 74917-19073311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

The turn of the sixteenth century was a time when the rapid expansion of print media forged communities of readers eager to learn about the epidemics of the day, such as the plague, syphilis, and the English Sweating Sickness. Not unlike today, anxieties about the rapid spread of diseases coincided with anxieties about the rapid spread of harmful information.

Christopher Hutchinson (University of Mississippi) and Helmut Puff (University of Michigan) will engage in a one hour conversation about the nexus of epidemics and media (c. 1500).

This remote event is presented in webinar format via Zoom. Please register in advance here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_54AFMMcwRAK_wbuCSZs32Q

We welcome your questions during this live event!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:57:28 -0400 2020-06-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-06-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Durer Syphilitic Man Broadsheet
Alum Connections: Francie Arenson Dickman & Randi Olin (July 24, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75226 75226-19340155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 24, 2020 12:30pm
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Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

The Hub presents: Exploring the promising world of writing during COVID-19, with Writers Francie Arenson Dickman and Randi Olin

Join two Political Science alums and lawyers-turned-writers, Francie and Randi, for an upbeat and informative conversation about how the world of writing and publishing has been impacted by COVID-19. These two bring years of industry knowledge and expertise in online publications, books, essays, coaching and more.

Francie and Randi will be co-hosting this virtual Q&A to offer students:
Tangible ideas for cultivating your talent
Action steps to stay inspired, build a loyal readership, and develop a writing portfolio.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Interested in pursuing a career in writing
Looking for practical advice on finding work in the world of writing, digital media, and/or publishing

What you’ll gain by attending:
Get informed tips on how to hone your writing skills and develop a true craft
Find out what experiences you can pursue at LSA that can translate into future writing opportunities
Learn how to nurture your potential as a writer

RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Please be advised that this virtual event will be recorded and may be published later at future date through LSA Opportunity Hub’s media channels. If you'd prefer not to be recorded, please make sure to mute your video at the start of the event. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:02:16 -0400 2020-07-24T12:30:00-04:00 2020-07-24T13:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Francie and Randi Photo
Grantsmanship 101: Planning Your Proposal (July 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75136 75136-19283293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This webinar, the third in our series, will discuss strategies for planning a high-quality, competitive proposal--even before you begin writing. We will cover activities around self-assessment, idea development and getting feedback before you submit, as well as point you to resources on campus that will support your research efforts.
This webinar is a ideal for early career researchers, or as a refresher for established investigators.
Register at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z7A-G1F0SA6Puw4HAOk9mg

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:23:51 -0400 2020-07-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-07-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual Grantsmanship 101 Webinar Series
Grantsmanship 101: Strategies for Arts & Humanities Funding (August 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75140 75140-19285256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This webinar will present an overview of funding available for arts and humanities research and scholarship, including opportunities available at NEA and NEH, and how to pursue those opportunities in strategic ways.

Jesse Johnston is a member of the OVPR Research Development team, supporting arts, humanities and social science research. Jesse worked previously as a program officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities and as senior digital collections librarian at the Library of Congress.

Register at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O02ajQ80R3m0yW_ANGPunQ

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:35:59 -0400 2020-08-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-08-12T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual Grantsmanship 101 Webinar Series
Connecting Student Creatives (August 31, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 31, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-08-31T09:00:00-04:00 2020-08-31T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Reading and Q&A with Poet Kaveh Akbar (September 3, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75393 75393-19463850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Kaveh Akbar's debut book of poetry, *Calling a Wolf a Wolf* (Alice James Books, 2017; Penguin UK, 2018), boldly confronts addiction and the path of recovery— traversing faith, the self, and the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety.

Akbar is also the author of a chapbook, *Portrait of the Alcoholic* (Sibling Rivalry, 2017) and the recipient of the Levis Reading Prize, Pushcart Prize, Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, and Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Born in Tehran, Iran, he teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson.

Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he writes a weekly column for *the Paris Review* called "Poetry RX." Previously, he ran *The Quirk*, a for-charity print literary journal. He has also served as Poetry Editor for BOOTH and Book Reviews Editor for *the Southeast Review*. Along with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, francine j. harris, and Jonathan Farmer, he starred on *All Up in Your Ears*, a monthly poetry podcast. His poems appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, PBS NewsHour, The New Republic, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, and elsewhere. His next work, *Pilgrim Bell*, is forthcoming 2021 (Graywolf).


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:05:27 -0400 2020-09-03T17:00:00-04:00 2020-09-03T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Kaveh Akbar
Craft Lecture: Exploring the Revelatory Break (September 4, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75394 75394-19463851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 4, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

In his *A Year With Swollen Appendices*, Brian Eno talks about experiencing the crack in a blue’s singer’s voice or the static of a grainy film as being “the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” If we accept as American writers that our medium, the English language, is one of the deadliest colonial weapons ever invented, then its breaking becomes a political urgency. How do we undermine our language’s inherent corrosiveness, turn a violent technology against itself to speak to things—doubt, sex, identity, justice, rage—it would rather us leave unspoken? This craft lecture will look at writers—including Robert Hayden, Jean Valentine, M. NourbeSe Philip, and Jos Charles—who use revelatory breaks in idiom, form, and syntax to render with clarity what is too urgent, too momentous, for mere rhetorical speech. We will then apply those techniques to our own imaginings of what might be possible outside the inherited strictures of our inherently imperialist medium.


Kaveh Akbar's debut book of poetry, *Calling a Wolf a Wolf* (Alice James Books, 2017; Penguin UK, 2018), boldly confronts addiction and the path of recovery— traversing faith, the self, and the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety.

Akbar is also the author of a chapbook, *Portrait of the Alcoholic* (Sibling Rivalry, 2017) and the recipient of the Levis Reading Prize, Pushcart Prize, Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, and Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Born in Tehran, Iran, he teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson.

Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he writes a weekly column for *the Paris Review* called "Poetry RX." Previously, he ran *The Quirk*, a for-charity print literary journal. He has also served as Poetry Editor for BOOTH and Book Reviews Editor for *the Southeast Review*. Along with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, francine j. harris, and Jonathan Farmer, he starred on *All Up in Your Ears*, a monthly poetry podcast. His poems appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, PBS NewsHour, The New Republic, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, and elsewhere. His next work, *Pilgrim Bell*, is forthcoming 2021 (Graywolf).


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:06:00 -0400 2020-09-04T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Kaveh Akbar
Connecting Student Creatives (September 7, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 7, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-07T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-07T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Alum Connections: Brad Roth (September 10, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76224 76224-19677556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:30pm
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Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Creative Storytelling with Veteran Advertiser, Brad Roth

Interested in exploring a possible career in creative brand storytelling, advertising, and content creation? If so, join us for a conversation with Brad Roth, president and partner of Studios at Known, a modern marketing agency that provides brands with consumer intelligence, strategy, media planning and buying, and creative development and production. Drawing from his own unique journey from English ‘90 major to world-class marketer, Brad will answer your questions about opportunities in the marketing and advertising industry, insider tips for establishing a career path as a writer, and how to tell great brand stories that reach a variety of audiences.

More about Brad:
Over his career Brad has worked at MTV and was part of the launch team for Classic Sports Network which was later rebranded to ESPN Classic. Brad is the co-founder of Stun, an award-winning agency and content studio that he led for twenty-years before selling the agency and becoming a founding partner at Known where he is President of the company’s Creative Studio.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Looking for insights and tips on establishing a career as a writer
Interested in pursuing a career in brand storytelling, marketing, or creative advertising

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain a unique and rare opportunity to connect with an LSA graduate with experience and connections across a number of media outlets
Hear about what a career as writer and advertiser is truly like and determine if it’s a path you want to pursue
Get a better understanding of how your LSA degree prepares you for work in the writing and/or advertising industry

RSVP today to be part of the conversation. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:06:42 -0400 2020-09-10T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-10T16:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Brad Roth Photo
Identifying Emergency Funds and How to Advocate for Making Room in Your Financial Aid Package (September 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75507 75507-19513173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Advance registration is required; look for the Zoom link at the bottom of your confirmation email after registering.

This session will provide information about how you can seek emergency funds should you experience an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, unforeseen expense while in school. Information about the types of situations that qualify for emergency funds and where to seek funding will be covered during this presentation.

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/identifying-emergency-funds-and-how-to-advocate-for-making-room-in-your-financial-aid-package

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:02:34 -0400 2020-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual A jar of spilled change
Connecting Student Creatives (September 14, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-14T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Write-Togethers (September 14, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-09-14T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Author Event | Sara Fitzgerald shares Conquering Heroines (September 16, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76875 76875-19772613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

Join us for a free, virtual, author event for the new book "Conquering Heroines: How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX", by Sara Fitzgerald, published in July by the University of Michigan Press!

In 1970, a courageous group of women in Ann Arbor worked together on an objective that seemed beyond reach at the time—force the University of Michigan to treat women the same as men. Drawing on oral histories from archives as well as new interviews with living participants, "Conquering Heroines" chronicles that pivotal period of history for the University of Michigan and women in higher education.

Author Sara Fitzgerald is a former editor and new-media developer for the Washington Post and was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Daily.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:12:59 -0400 2020-09-16T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Cover of "Conquering Heroines"
Writing in "Academic Style (September 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76241 76241-19679539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts.

Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://myumi.ch/yKM4n

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:40:11 -0400 2020-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T09:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Memoirs and Personal Essays (September 17, 2020 2:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75551 75551-19521125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 2:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This group meets every week from September to June, except for holidays. There are no specific assignments. Each writer strives to find his or her own subject matter and stylistic voice. We read our work aloud and discuss it, making constructive suggestions for improvement.

The important thing is to write well enough to interest others and to convey our ideas clearly. We will use a flexible combination of email, telephone, and video conferencing during the pandemic. Participants are expected to read their work regularly.

Instructor Eleanor Linn has led this writing group since 2014. She is a published author.

The work group will be held on Thursdays from September 17 through June 17.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.”

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:44:35 -0400 2020-09-17T14:15:00-04:00 2020-09-17T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Reading and Q&A with Poet Eduardo C. Corral (September 17, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75395 75395-19463852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Eduardo C. Corral’s latest book of poetry, *Guillotine* (Graywolf, 2020), gives voice and depth to undocumented immigrants, border patrol agents, and scorned lovers through dramatic portraits of contradiction, survival, and deeply human, relentless interiority.

Corral is also the author of *Slow Lightning*, which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. He’s the first Latinx poet to win this competition. Corral is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Hodder Fellowship and the National Holmes Poetry Prize, both from Princeton University. He teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University.

Praised for his seamless blending of English and Spanish, tender treatment of history, and careful exploration of sexuality, Corral’s poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. Guillotine, his second book, traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself—great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. With extraordinary lyric imagination, these poems wonder about being unwanted or renounced. What do we do with unrequited love? Is it with or without it that we would waste away?


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:30:50 -0400 2020-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Eduardo C. Corral
Craft Lecture: Three Ways to Activate Attentiveness (September 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75396 75396-19463853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Poets read, keep notebooks, and revise. These activities are some of the ways we pay attention to the world and to language. In this craft lecture, we will discuss a few strategies to activate reading, notebooking, and the revision process.


Eduardo C. Corral’s latest book of poetry, *Guillotine* (Graywolf, 2020), gives voice and depth to undocumented immigrants, border patrol agents, and scorned lovers through dramatic portraits of contradiction, survival, and deeply human, relentless interiority.

Corral is also the author of *Slow Lightning*, which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. He’s the first Latinx poet to win this competition. Corral is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Hodder Fellowship and the National Holmes Poetry Prize, both from Princeton University. He teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University.

Praised for his seamless blending of English and Spanish, tender treatment of history, and careful exploration of sexuality, Corral’s poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. Guillotine, his second book, traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself—great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. With extraordinary lyric imagination, these poems wonder about being unwanted or renounced. What do we do with unrequited love? Is it with or without it that we would waste away?


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:07:21 -0400 2020-09-18T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Eduardo C. Corral
Memoir Writing (September 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75549 75549-19521124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants will learn how to tell the stories of their lives and those of their ancestors. We will meet weekly, and each participant should be prepared to read a story they have written (including the first class). Instructor Jan Price calls herself a “very amateur memoirist” who has written her story after being motivated by an OLLI class.

The study group will be held on Fridays from September 18 through December 18 (no class on November 27).

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:45:37 -0400 2020-09-18T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Writers Unlimited (September 18, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75553 75553-19521127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants present their creative essays, short stories, poetry, or novels for constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement from the group. Each participant submits their writing online to all other participants in advance of the Friday meeting. Comments will be offered after each reading. Discussion leader Jerry Janusz has been a participant in this group for twelve years.

The study group will be held on Fridays from September 18, 2020 through August 27, 2021 (no classes on November 27, December 25, or January 1). Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.”

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Class / Instruction Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:49:41 -0400 2020-09-18T10:30:00-04:00 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Reading Women’s Lives (September 18, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75503 75503-19513170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will read one memoir/month written by women. Several will focus on aging and old age, some on grief and loss, some on childhood or the middle years. Each month there will be group discussion of the selected memoir followed by a short reflective writing experience related to the issues raised by the memoir. This is not a memoir-writing class.

It’s an opportunity to use other women’s reflections on their lives to examine our own. Instructor Beth Spencer, a mostly-retired geriatric social worker, developed and facilitated Women & Aging through Literature & Reflective Writing for several years. The Study Group will be held on Fridays, September 18, October 16, November 20, and December 18 from 3-5 p.m.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:47:36 -0400 2020-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Connecting Student Creatives (September 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Write-Togethers (September 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
The Future of Art: Is the Future of Art the Death of Art? (September 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76645 76645-19733044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts Initiative

The role of artists has shifted with cultural, political, economic, and technological changes, from creators as artisans, bohemians, or professionals. In his new book The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech, William Deresiewicz interviews artists of all kinds and describes their experiences in a narrative of the modern struggles of creators, the unique challenges they face in this digital era, how exploitation and instant gratification have changed our perceptions of art. In this panel, Deresiewicz and one rap artist, one visual artist, and one novelist—SAMMUS, atiya jones, and Monica Byrne—will describe their observations and experiences with the nature of art and the role of the artist in society, and will propose their visions for the future of art.

William Deresiewicz is an award-winning essayist and critic, a frequent speaker at colleges and other venues, and a former professor of English at Yale. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, the Nation, the New Republic, and many other publications. He is the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle award for excellence in reviewing and is the New York Times bestselling author of Excellent Sheep, The Death of the Artist, and A Jane Austen Education.

SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is a Black feminist rap artist and producer from Ithaca, NY with a PhD in science and technology studies from Cornell University. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University in the music department teaching classes on rap songwriting and feminist sound studies.

atiya jones is a multi-disciplinary artist & creative director at TWELVE\TWENTY STUDIO. Her work is about human connection and serves as a visual depiction of healing, finding one’s tribe and building a life as a unit, the magic permeating beneath the surface of Self, and the search to find it.

Monica Byrne is a playwright and science fiction novelist based in Durham, North Carolina. Her work is funded by a community of patrons on Patreon. Her second novel The Actual Star will be published by HarperVoyager in 2021.

Introduction by Tina Olsen, Arts Initiative Co-Chair; Director, UMMA
Moderated by Rebekah Modrak, Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

Register here to receive join details: https://umich.formstack.com/forms/sept21_futureofart

This event will be followed by a related event hosted by Literati Bookstore on Sept. 27 at 7:00 pm. More info here https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-william-deresiewicz-katrina-frye

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:27:54 -0400 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T17:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts Initiative Livestream / Virtual William Deresiewicz, SAMMUS, atiya jones, Monica Byrne
Virtual Book Launch: Ken Fischer’s Everybody In, Nobody Out (September 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77061 77061-19790569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

When Ken Fischer retired after 30 years as president of the University Musical Society in 2017, many of his friends and colleagues repeatedly told him, “Ken, you should write a book! You have so many great stories.”

Ken took that advice, and we’re delighted to announce that Everybody In, Nobody Out: Inspiring Community at Michigan’s University Musical Society is now available from University of Michigan Press, with a wonderful foreword by Wynton Marsalis.

During this virtual book launch, John U. Bacon, Ann Arbor author, speaker, tv and radio commentator, and longtime friend of Ken’s, will interview Ken about his book, highlighting some of the wonderful stories Ken shares from his three decades at UMS and a lifetime in the arts.

This book launch is co-presented by Literati Bookstore and University of Michigan Press Great Lakes.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:31:26 -0400 2020-09-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Ken Fischer
Writing Effective Email (September 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76242 76242-19679540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your email messages reflect the professional persona you wish to project? Given the importance of email in academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective e-mail messages is an essential skill. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. We will discuss the aspects of email that make it likely to be read, to be easily understood, and to create a good impression.

Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://myumi.ch/yKM4n

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:43:16 -0400 2020-09-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T09:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (September 25, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75948 75948-19627783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Julia Argy [Fiction] and Sara Afshar [Poetry].

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

This event is free and open to the public.
For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu -- we are eager to help ensure that 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 are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event. 
 
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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Presentation Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:16:16 -0400 2020-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Connecting Student Creatives (September 28, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Write-Togethers (September 28, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Refining Your PhD Application Statement of Purpose (SOP) (October 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76243 76243-19679541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

(For seniors and graduate students applying to PhD programs)

A strong Statement of Purpose is a key component of a successful PhD application. Are you trying to figure out how to organize and narrow down all that you might write in your Statement of Purpose (SOP)? How does an SOP differ from a Personal Statement? We will explore organizational strategies for your SOP and how to find the words to articulate why you are a great match for the program(s) you are applying to.

Bring a list of ideas, a draft outline, or a draft SOP to work on during the workshop. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://myumi.ch/yKM4n

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:46:20 -0400 2020-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T09:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Write-Togethers (October 5, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-10-05T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Free Writing (October 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75548 75548-19521123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The perfect way to begin writing is to write. Writing to memoir prompts, we will practice turning off our text editors. Free writing is about exploring ideas and memories. It is about first drafts not finished products. Writers will have the opportunity to share what is written in workshop. We will not share or critique work written outside. Have a notebook and a comfortable pen handy. Be ready to write.

Instructor Diane Nash will lead the study group on Wednesdays from October 7 through November 11.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:05:11 -0400 2020-10-07T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T11:30:00-04:00 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
CGIS Virtual Study Abroad Fair (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77893 77893-19943564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Study abroad is not just for juniors. It's not just for language and international studies majors. It's not just for students from certain communities or socioeconomic backgrounds. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Whether you want to develop the skills you’ll need to compete in a global economy, cultivate your language competencies, or build meaningful connections with people from around the world, this is the best time in your life for a global experience.

Studying abroad often proves to be a pivotal experience, but deciding which program is the best fit can be daunting as you consider questions such as: How will this enhance my course of study? When should I go? For how long? Where? Can I afford it? How do I prepare? Will my credits transfer? The CGIS Study Abroad Virtual Fair is the best time to get all of your questions answered!

During the day of the virtual fair, you'll have instant access to academic advisors, education abroad advisors, Office of Financial Aid & LSA Scholarship Office representatives, and program representatives as well as scheduled events throughout the fair!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:20:17 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Image300
Democracy and the Carceral State: a reading and discussion with poet Dwayne Betts (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76128 76128-19663591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Quarterly Review

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts will read from his most recent collection, Felon, and discuss the ways in which incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are left out of conversations about Democracy. This event will be an opportunity to consider the intersections between free speech, disenfranchisement, and mass incarceration. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A. Co-sponsored by the Democracy and Debate Theme Semester, the Prison Creative Arts Project, and the Michigan Quarterly Review.

Register to attend. The event is free and open to the public. Contact mqr@umich.edu with any accessibility requests.

To register for the event please follow this link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DdBXy41iSVSJDy6VGrjong

To order the Fall 2020 special issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review guest edited by Reginald Dwayne Betts visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/

Felon is available for purchase from Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/book/9780393652147

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:09:05 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Quarterly Review Livestream / Virtual Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (October 9, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75949 75949-19627784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to login. : https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries.

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Drew Nelles [Fiction] and Julia McDaniel [Poetry]. ​ Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:15:58 -0400 2020-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (October 12, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-10-12T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Covering the campaign: A conversation with national political reporters (October 12, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76228 76228-19677561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a conversation about covering the campaign trail with two senior political reporters, Jane Coaston of Vox and Daniel Strauss of The Guardian. Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James Hudak Professor of Health Policy will moderate the conversation. The panelists will discuss what it's like to be a political reporter during an election season and what they think are the key political and policy issues at play in the upcoming Presidential election.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

For more information visit fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/covering-campaign-conversation-national-political-reporters

From the speakers' bios:

Jane Coaston is senior politics reporter at Vox with a focus on conservatism, the American Right, the GOP and white nationalism. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, National Review, the Washington Post, the Ringer and ESPN Magazine, among others. She attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 2009.

Daniel Strauss is a senior political reporter for The Guardian. Previously he was a politics reporter at Politico, covered campaigns and elections for Talking Points Memo, and was a breaking news reporter for The Hill newspaper. Daniel grew up in Chicago and graduated from the University of Michigan where he majored in history.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:18:15 -0400 2020-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Daniel Strauss and Jane Coaston
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 15, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Reading and Q&A with Author Tea Obreht (October 15, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75397 75397-19463854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

Tea Obreht’s *New York Times* bestselling novel, *Inland*, is grounded in true but little-known history of the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893. Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in scope, the novel subverts and reimagines the myths of the American West.

Arriving onto the literary scene with her first bestselling novel, *The Tiger’s Wife*, Téa Obreht writes fiction that explores themes of narrative, myth and memory. Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht’s stunning debut novel links the past and present by stories and anecdotes in an unnamed Balkan country mending from war. Rapturously received, *The Tiger’s Wife* won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, was a 2011 National Book Award finalist, was an international bestseller, and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications including *The New York Times Book Review*, *Publisher's Weekly*, *Vogue*, *The Wall Street Journal*, and *O: The Oprah Magazine*.

In *Inland*, Obreht's second novel, Obreht takes on the sweeping mythology of the American West, reimagining myths and forging new truths about the American West. An Editor's Choice, T*he New York Times Book Review* praised *Inland*, "Obreht’s simple but rich prose captures and luxuriates in the West’s beauty and sudden menace. Remarkable in a novel with such a sprawling cast, Obreht also has a poetic touch for writing intricate and precise character descriptions.” The book was named among President Obama’s summer reading list for 2019.

Obreht's work has been anthologized in *The Best American Short Stories* and *The Best American Non-Required Reading*, and has appeared in *The New Yorker*, *Harper's*, *The Atlantic*, *Vogue*, *Esquire* and *Zoetrope: All-Story*, among many others. A recipient of fellowships from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library and the National Endowment for the Arts, Obreht. was named by *The New Yorker* as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She lives in New York with her husband, and teaches at Hunter College.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:34:18 -0400 2020-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Tea Obreht
Craft Lecture: The Mystery of the Story (October 16, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75398 75398-19463855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

This craft lecture will center on how every story is actually a mystery, the telling of which is dependent on a pact of exchange between writer and reader. Techniques of withholding and misdirection help us keep suspense alive in literary fiction.


Tea Obreht’s *New York Times* bestselling novel, *Inland*, is grounded in true but little-known history of the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893. Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in scope, the novel subverts and reimagines the myths of the American West.

Arriving onto the literary scene with her first bestselling novel, *The Tiger’s Wife*, Téa Obreht writes fiction that explores themes of narrative, myth and memory. Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht’s stunning debut novel links the past and present by stories and anecdotes in an unnamed Balkan country mending from war. Rapturously received, *The Tiger’s Wife* won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, was a 2011 National Book Award finalist, was an international bestseller, and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications including *The New York Times Book Review*, *Publisher's Weekly*, *Vogue*, *The Wall Street Journal*, and *O: The Oprah Magazine*.

In *Inland*, Obreht's second novel, Obreht takes on the sweeping mythology of the American West, reimagining myths and forging new truths about the American West. An Editor's Choice, T*he New York Times Book Review* praised *Inland*, "Obreht’s simple but rich prose captures and luxuriates in the West’s beauty and sudden menace. Remarkable in a novel with such a sprawling cast, Obreht also has a poetic touch for writing intricate and precise character descriptions.” The book was named among President Obama’s summer reading list for 2019.

Obreht's work has been anthologized in *The Best American Short Stories* and *The Best American Non-Required Reading*, and has appeared in *The New Yorker*, *Harper's*, *The Atlantic*, *Vogue*, *Esquire* and *Zoetrope: All-Story*, among many others. A recipient of fellowships from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library and the National Endowment for the Arts, Obreht. was named by *The New Yorker* as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She lives in New York with her husband, and teaches at Hunter College.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:54:34 -0400 2020-10-16T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Tea Obreht
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 20, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (October 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78490 78490-20052309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

This workshop offers students tips and ideas for writing more competitive fellowship proposalsin STEM disciplines. The workshop will include an overview of the types of criteria that reviewers use in evaluating proposals as well as ideas for what to include in your proposal and how to structure content.

Presented by Larissa Sano, Sweetland Center for Writing

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:36:06 -0400 2020-10-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Reading and Q&A with Author Jenny Zhang (October 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75399 75399-19463856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, *Sour Heart*, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. Zhang is currently adapting *Sour Heart* into a feature-length film for A24.

From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, *Sour Heart*'s seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Jenny Zhang is also the author of the poetry collection, *Dear Jenny, We Are All Find*. Her second collection of poetry, *My Baby First Birthday*, is forthcoming from Tin House. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:10:00 -0400 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Jenny Zhang
Craft Lecture: Bringing Literary Sensibilities to Film and TV (October 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75400 75400-19463857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Literature is uniquely suited to express the interior lives of characters, whereas film and television are visual mediums. With writers more in demand than ever in Hollywood, this craft lecture will explore how literary writers can put themselves in a position to do both.


Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, *Sour Heart*, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. Zhang is currently adapting *Sour Heart* into a feature-length film for A24.

From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, *Sour Heart*'s seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Jenny Zhang is also the author of the poetry collection, *Dear Jenny, We Are All Find*. Her second collection of poetry, *My Baby First Birthday*, is forthcoming from Tin House. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:09:24 -0400 2020-10-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Jenny Zhang
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (October 23, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75950 75950-19627785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Maya Dobjensky [Fiction] and Serena Dobson [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:15:51 -0400 2020-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (October 26, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-10-26T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Submissions Deadline: Writer to Writer Fall 2020 Publication (October 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77592 77592-19885837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Writer to Writer

Writer to Writer Literary Journal is seeking submissions for our Fall 2020 publication. We accept all genres and modes. Check out our website for the submissions form, guidelines, and past publication.

Submit your work here: https://writertowriterumich.music.blog/submit/
Questions? Let us know at writer-to-writer@umich.edu

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Other Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:55:13 -0400 2020-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Writer to Writer Other call for submissions
Reading and Q&A with Author Megha Majumdar (October 29, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75401 75401-19463858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, *A Burning*, follows three unforgettable characters whose lives are entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Her work tackles class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism.

Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:12:17 -0400 2020-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Megha Majumdar
Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series (October 29, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78648 78648-20085803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

With Election Day quickly approaching, Trotter Multicultural Center is beyond excited to present Civic Engagement & the Power of Speechwriting: Reflections from Former Presidential Speechwriters, a continuation of our beloved Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series, on October 29th (Thursday) from 5:30-7:00 PM. Hear from speechwriters, Sarah Hurwitz and John McConnell, as they discuss their experiences speechwriting for the Bush and Obama administration, as well as the role of speechwriting within civic engagement. The event will be moderated by Aaron Kall, U-M Director of Debate.

Want to learn more about our speakers? Check out their bios down below!

About Sarah Hurwitz
Sarah Hurwitz was a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, serving as as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and as well as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Before working at the White House, Sarah was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential primary campaign as well as a deputy chief speechwriter for Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. Hurwitz is also the author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life -- in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There).

About John McConnell
John McConnell served as a senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney—part of the three-person team responsible for all of the 43rd President’s major addresses. He served all eight years of the Bush-Cheney administration, and held the unique position of both Deputy Assistant to the President and Assistant to the Vice President.

Please note this event will be recorded.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:05:19 -0400 2020-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Trotter Multicultural Center Livestream / Virtual Image of event flyer
Craft Workshop: Opening Pages, Acquisitions, and Demystifying Publishing (October 30, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75402 75402-19463859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

This is a two-part craft workshop. In the first part, we will look at the opening page of selected students' novels (or of a short story) and consider how an acquisitions editor might read that page—what they might look for in an opening, and how the story can present the best possible opening. In the second part, we will discuss the acquisitions process (How are decisions made? What are editors looking for?) as well as publishing process, answering practical questions (At what stage should you look for an agent? At what stage does the agent submit to editors? What kind of edits will an editor do with you? How can you be sure the integrity of your work is protected during the publication process?). Attendees will come away feeling that the acquisitions and publishing process has been demystified to some degree.


Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, *A Burning*, follows three unforgettable characters whose lives are entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Her work tackles class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism.

Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:12:53 -0400 2020-10-30T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Megha Majumdar
Write-Togethers (November 2, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 2, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-11-02T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Writing Graduate School Application Statements (November 6, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78947 78947-20160622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

What to include/avoid and how to frame your story while writing academic and personal statements for research-based grad programs.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/No9TpCrotxxuPk1B8

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:39:48 -0400 2020-11-06T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (November 6, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78493 78493-20052312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Writing in graduate school calls on students to work in a variety of new genres and challenges writers to expand on their skills as communicators. This workshop will help early graduate student writers identify critical practices and strategies to enhance their writing. We will focus on how to become more strategic readers, and examine patterns of inquiry across disciplines, including the practice of asking good questions and the importance of topic construction. We will also focus on the variety of communication forms graduate writing can take, and what these genres entail. The workshop will conclude by offering a variety of good writing habits and processes to develop in your early graduate student years.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:40:38 -0400 2020-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (November 6, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75951 75951-19627786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Connor Greer [Fiction] and Mary Spooner [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:15:40 -0500 2020-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (November 9, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 9, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Refining Your Grad School Application Essays (November 11, 2020 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78904 78904-20152760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

(For students applying to masters, PhD, and professional programs)

Are you applying to a graduate program for fall 2021? Are you trying to figure out how to organize and narrow down all that you might write in your Statement of Purpose (SOP)? How does an SOP differ from a Personal Statement? How do a Teaching Philosophy Statement or a Diversity Statement fit in? We will explore organizational strategies for the range of essays you are crafting and how to find the words to articulate why you are a great match for the program(s) you are applying to. Bring a list of ideas, a draft outline, or draft essays to work on during the workshop. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Register here: https://myumi.ch/2D9GG

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:49:02 -0400 2020-11-11T08:30:00-05:00 2020-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Veterans Week: The Finest Hours: The Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue & Leadership Lessons' Learned/ (November 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78628 78628-20077956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Veteran and Military Services

New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias will give a lecture and slide presentation on his book The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue. This book was made into a major motion film by the Disney Corporation that was released in 2016 and details the Coast Guard's response to two oil tankers that were split in half by a ferocious nor'easter off the coast of Cape Cod, MA in 1952. Of the 84 seaman aboard the tankers, 70 would be rescued and 14 would perish. Tougias will also share the leadership lessons from this event that can help all of us in our decision-making and job performance. He will provide time for Questions and Answers.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 16 Oct 2020 19:01:08 -0400 2020-11-11T14:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Veteran and Military Services Lecture / Discussion Bernie, Richard and Andy - Coastguardsmen involved in the heroic rescue
Love & Zombies & Literature: What makes Genre Writing Literary? (November 11, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79154 79154-20217710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

Join RC Creative Writing faculty Christopher Matthews and Avi Steinberg for a discussion and Q & A about how speculative fiction and the romance genre intersect with literary fiction. If writers such as Margaret Atwood and Octavia Butler have proven that genre writing can also be literature, how do the publishing industry and creative writing programs distinguish between commercial and literary markets? Our panelists will read from their own work and offer their perspective on what makes genre literary.

>> Avi Steinberg is the author of three books of narrative nonfiction published by Knopf Doubleday: Running the Books (2010), The Lost Book of Mormon (2014), and The Happily Ever After (2020). His books have been translated into five languages and cited as Best of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and the New Yorker, among others. He is currently at work on a biography of the writer and political activist, Grace Paley, which will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and on a translation of the biblical story of David, which will be published by Norton/Liveright. In 2019, he was awarded a writing residency at Yaddo. He is a contributor to the New Yorker’s Culture Desk, and a regular features writer for the New York Times Magazine. His essays and reportage have also appeared in the Guardian magazine (‘The Long-Read’), Salon, the Paris Review, and n+1. He has been leading creative nonfiction workshops in the Residential College since 2018.

>> Christopher Matthews is a poet, fiction writer, and sometime scholar of nineteenth-century literature with an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD from the University of Michigan. Raised in California and schooled in Michigan, he has taught at Kalamazoo College, Washington & Lee University in Virginia, and now the Residential College. His creative, scholarly, and teaching interests include lyrical and discursive poetry, storytelling and narrative theory, film, monsters, ghosts, studies in race/class/gender/sexuality, and more. Chris’ creative work has appeared widely in such journals as The Massachusetts Review, Indiana Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and The Cortland Review, and has been recognized with three Pushcart nominations and two features in Ted Kooser’s syndicated "American Life in Poetry" project. His scholarship has appeared in Nineteenth-Century Studies and Victorian Studies, among others.

>> Join the event at http://myumi.ch/yK195

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Presentation Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:54:21 -0500 2020-11-11T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Presentation Love & Zombies & Literature poster
Pass the Mic (November 12, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78533 78533-20060194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

University of Michigan undergraduates at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses share original poetry, prose, and spoken word with other students.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:28:06 -0400 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Hopwood Awards Program Livestream / Virtual Pass the Mic flyer featuring a hand holding mic emerging from laptop screen.
Write-Togethers (November 16, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 16, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Raoul Wallenberg Lecture: Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times (November 16, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78968 78968-20162602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 16, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Save the date for the Fall 2020 Raoul Wallenberg Lecture featuring Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times. Kimmelman's remarks, in conversation with Dean Jonathan Massey, will be followed by a public interview with Taubman College's Agora and Dimensions publications, exploring the role of journalists in issues of racial justice, social equity, health, and climate change in the context of the built environment.

Since he returned to New York from Europe in the fall of 2011, Michael Kimmelman has been the architecture critic of The New York Times. He has reported from more than 40 countries and twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His work focuses on urban affairs, public space, housing for the poor, infrastructure, social equality and the environment, as well as on design. A best-selling author, he has won numerous awards over the years. The magazine New York titled an article about him “The People’s Critic.” In March 2014, Mr. Kimmelman was given the Brendan Gill Prize for “insightful candor and continuous scrutiny of New York’s architectural environment,” “that is journalism at its finest."

From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Kimmelman was based in Berlin, covering Europe and the Middle East, having devised the “Abroad” column. While there, he reported on life under Hamas in Gaza, the crackdown on culture in Putin’s Russia, negritude in France and bullfighting in Spain, among other subjects. He was previously The Times’s longtime chief art critic — “the most acute American art critic of his generation,” according to the late Australian writer Robert Hughes.

A graduate of Yale and Harvard, adjunct professor at Columbia University and former Franke fellow at the Whitney Center for the Humanities at Yale, he has contributed regularly to The New York Review of Books.

The Raoul Wallenberg Lecture was initiated in 1971 by Sol King, a former classmate of Wallenberg's. An endowment was established in 1976 for an annual lecture to be offered in Raoul's honor on the theme of architecture as a humane social art.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:09:48 -0400 2020-11-16T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-16T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times
CREES Noon Lecture. Someone Else’s Problems: The Dissident Author Post-Dissidence (November 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76038 76038-19655369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Postwar literature in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly as it has been framed in Western Europe and North America, has been shaped by strong personalities whose exile from their respective homelands helped enshroud their critiques of authoritarianism in so-called “moral authority.” But in quitting the Soviet Union, Poland, or Czechoslovakia for new lives in countries like the United States and France, these writers often found themselves in the midst of sociopolitical upheavals whose terms they scarcely understood and to whose contexts their own struggles offered no clear analogy. This talk reevaluates the Western careers of four of the most prominent authors to whom such “moral authority” has been generally ascribed—Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky, Czesław Miłosz, and Milan Kundera—against the backdrop of the struggle for civil rights and racial justice in their adopted countries.

Benjamin Paloff is the author of *Lost in the Shadow of the Word (Space, Time, and Freedom in Interwar Eastern Europe)*—named the 2018 Best Book in Literary Studies by AATSEEL—and of the poetry collections *And His Orchestra* (2015) and *The Politics* (2011). He has translated nearly a dozen books, most recently Dorota Masłowska’s *Honey, I Killed the Cats*, and has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (twice, in poetry and in translation), the US Fulbright Programs, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, among others. He is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and of comparative literature at the University of Michigan, where he also serves as acting director of the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at http://myumi.ch/DE70Z.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:16:16 -0400 2020-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-18T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Paloff and the Critics
Meet True Crime Author Mardi Link (November 19, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79276 79276-20264779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 19, 2020 7:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

Meet author Mardi Link! Mardi Link is a journalist; a former police reporter; and the author of several titles, including three true crime books published by the University of Michigan Press, "When Evil Came to Good Hart," "Isadore’s Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town" and "Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan."

This event will be conducted over Zoom webinar and Facebook Live. Register at the Online Event link and comment with any questions you would like her to answer during this free event!

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:18:04 -0500 2020-11-19T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-19T20:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual "Meet True Crime Author Mardi Link" is accompanied by cover images of her three books, "Wicked Takes the Witness Stand," "When Evil Came to Good Hart," and "Isadore's Secret"
Refining Your Grad School Application Essays (November 20, 2020 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78906 78906-20152761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

(For students applying to Masters, PhD, and professional programs)

Are you applying to a graduate program for fall 2021? Are you trying to figure out how to organize and narrow down all that you might write in your Statement of Purpose (SOP)? How does an SOP differ from a Personal Statement? How do a Teaching Philosophy Statement or a Diversity Statement fit in? We will explore organizational strategies for the range of essays you are crafting and how to find the words to articulate why you are a great match for the program(s) you are applying to. Bring a list of ideas, a draft outline, or draft essays to work on during the workshop. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Register Here: https://myumi.ch/2D9GG

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:15:52 -0400 2020-11-20T08:30:00-05:00 2020-11-20T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
The Clements Bookworm: Writing and Publishing Inspired by Genealogical Research (November 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78707 78707-20107398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this episode, panelists will share their journey to understand, document and publish family stories. Featuring Wendy Chapin Ford (author of "A Frontier Romance: 'Tiger Bill and Kate'”); Sarah Messer (author of “Red House: Being a mostly accurate account of New England’s oldest continuously lived-in House”) and Clements Library volunteer Kay Miller (discussing how she uses genealogy to research letters, journals and diaries in the Clements manuscript collections).

Episode generously sponsored by Kate Moore.

*The Clements Bookworm is a webinar series in which panelists discuss history topics. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session. Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:13:23 -0500 2020-11-20T10:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
​The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (November 20, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75952 75952-19627787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Catalina Bode [Fiction] and Chris Crowder [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:15:28 -0500 2020-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (November 30, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 30, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-11-30T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Nineteenth-Century Forum Check-In Meeting (November 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79567 79567-20382969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nineteenth Century Forum

The Nineteenth Century Forum will meet over Zoom on Monday, November 30, at 12pm, to:

Check in as a group & welcome new members
Brainstorm ideas for the rest of the year
Set dates/formats for paper workshops, panels, and other events

If you can't make the meeting but want to contribute to the above discussion, please send Sarah (srvc@umich.edu) or Ani (abezirdz@umich.edu) an email.

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Meeting Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:01:15 -0500 2020-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nineteenth Century Forum Meeting Image of books
Visual Aids Day With(out) Art 2020: TRANSMISSIONS, Live Screening (November 30, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79625 79625-20432423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 30, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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December 1 marks World AIDS Day, as well as Day With(out) Art 2020, a yearly event presented by Visual AIDS marking the global impact of HIV/AIDS. Visual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over. This year, Visual AIDS is presenting a series of short films titled TRANSMISSIONS, which will premiere on November 30 at 6pm EST as part of a special online screening event hosted by Visual AIDS. A live Q&A with the commissioned artists will follow the screening. Beginning December 1, the video program will be available to view online at visualaids.org/transmissions.

RSVP here to receive updates about the live event   ​ Then, consider submitting your own art to the SEC blog! You can relate your work to the topic of HIV/AIDS awareness in any way you see fit, but some prompts that you can use:
How does HIV/AIDS awareness and other public health issues affect various groups differently? How does the HIV/AIDS crisis continue internationally today or relate to other current public health issues? How has viewing the films in the TRANSMISSIONS series changed my personal view of HIV/AIDS? How do people reconcile with the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS diagnoses?
Your work can be in any artistic medium — painting, poetry, dance, collage, music, film, creative writing, sculpture, photography and more are all welcome. HOW TO SUBMIT:
Put your work together in an accessible digital file format — .pdf, .jpg, .png, .mov, .mp4, a website or Google Drive link. Send your submissions to ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu with your name and the title of the piece. (Optional) Include a short description of your piece as it relates to HIV/AIDS awareness or the films of TRANSMISSIONS series.
You can submit at any time beforehand, but please have all submissions in by Thursday, December 10th, at 5 pm EST. Any questions? Ask ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu!

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Other Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:15:25 -0500 2020-11-30T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-30T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
CALL FOR ART IN RESPONSE: DAY WITH(OUT) ART FILM SCREENING (December 1, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79626 79626-20432424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 12:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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December 1 marks World AIDS Day, as well as Day With(out) Art 2020, a yearly event presented by Visual AIDS marking the global impact of HIV/AIDS. Visual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over. This year, Visual AIDS is presenting a series of short films titled TRANSMISSIONS, which, beginning on December 1, is available to view online at visualaids.org/transmissions.

After you watch the films, consider submitting your own art to the SEC blog! You can relate your work to the topic of HIV/AIDS awareness in any way you see fit, but some prompts that you can use:
How does HIV/AIDS awareness and other public health issues affect various groups differently? How does the HIV/AIDS crisis continue internationally today or relate to other current public health issues? How has viewing the films in the TRANSMISSIONS series changed my personal view of HIV/AIDS? How do people reconcile with the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS diagnoses?
Your work can be in any artistic medium — painting, poetry, dance, collage, music, film, creative writing, sculpture, photography and more are all welcome. HOW TO SUBMIT:
Put your work together in an accessible digital file format — .pdf, .jpg, .png, .mov, .mp4, a website or Google Drive link. Send your submissions to ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu with your name and the title of the piece. (Optional) Include a short description of your piece as it relates to HIV/AIDS awareness or the films of TRANSMISSIONS series.
Please have all submissions in by Thursday, December 10th, at 5 pm EST. Any questions? Ask ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu!

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Other Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:33 -0500 2020-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 2020-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (December 7, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 7, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-12-07T09:00:00-05:00 2020-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Rescheduled - Meet Author Jerry Dennis (January 6, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80073 80073-20554880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

This event has been rescheduled from the postponed date.

Join us for a free, virtual conversation with author Jerry Dennis! The University of Michigan Press is the proud publisher of his book "The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes." This will be an opportunity to hear about his writing and ask questions!

Jerry Dennis is the author of many literary and popular works about nature, science, and outdoor recreation. His essays and stories in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and many other publications have won numerous awards and are frequently anthologized. His books are widely acclaimed and have been translated into German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Czech. In 1999 the Michigan Library Association named Dennis the Michigan Author of the Year. He and his wife, Gail, live near the shore of Lake Michigan not far from Traverse City. Jerry Dennis is the co-founder of Big Maple Press https://bigmaplepress.com/about/

We will stream the event on Facebook Live and in Zoom webinar. If you would like to attend in Zoom webinar, please fill out the registration form at this link and we will send you the details: https://umich.zoom.us/.../register/WN_YJsa_053S1uVaXpsJvkZtA

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:31:18 -0500 2021-01-06T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Cover of "The Windward Shore" over water
Writers Unlimited (January 8, 2021 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79972 79972-20521488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants present their creative essays, short stories, poetry, or novels for constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement from the group. Each participant submits their writing online to all other participants in advance of the Friday meeting. Comments will be offered after each reading.

Discussion leader Jerry Janusz has been a participant in this group for twelve years.

The study group will meet Fridays from January 8 through August 27. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 29 Dec 2020 09:28:19 -0500 2021-01-08T10:30:00-05:00 2021-01-08T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Denver Publishing Institute - Information Session (January 19, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80331 80331-20705787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Ralph Zerbonia, a 2000 graduate of both University of Michigan and the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, will be hosting a virtual information session on the 2021 Denver Publishing Institute on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 4:00 pm. Ralph will discuss with you the kinds of opportunities the publishing industry affords and the training the Publishing Institute offers.

The Publishing Institute is an intensive, four-week summer program that provides a broad overview of all aspects of the publishing industry in lectures and hands-on workshops in editing and marketing. The faculty members are all professionals working in the publishing industry, and they cover topics from the role of the editor to marketing, from international publishing and markets to the work of the literary agent, from textbook to digital publishing. The 2021 Publishing Institute will run from July 11 to August 6, 2021.

Zoom link to join:
https://cengage.zoom.us/j/99045500027

Phone (audio only)
Number: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 990 4550 0027

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:25:29 -0500 2021-01-19T16:00:00-05:00 2021-01-19T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual publishing
Write through Life Changing Events (January 20, 2021 2:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79971 79971-20521487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The best stories are often the tough ones about life changing events. For some of us, 2020 is one of those stories. Our shared history as a generation gives us a unique perspective when it comes to processing recent events. Responding to writing prompts, we will reflect on the events of past decades and consider how our past helps us understand this year of COVID-19.

The study group led by Diane Nash will meet Wednesdays from January 20 through February 10. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:09:31 -0500 2021-01-20T02:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T03:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Free Writing (January 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79969 79969-20521485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The way to begin that writing project is to write. Responding to memoir prompts, we will practice turning off our text editors. Free writing is about exploring ideas and memories. It is about first drafts not finished products. We will not share or critique work written outside of the workshop. Have a notebook and a comfortable pen. Be ready to write.

The study group led by Instructor Diane Nash will meet Wednesdays from January 20 through February 217 Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:10:07 -0500 2021-01-20T10:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Hopwood Virtual Submissions Workshop (January 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80955 80955-20824884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Hopwood Program Manager Rebecca Manery and 2020 Hopwood Award winners Annesha Sengupta and Smitty Smith will provide information, share tips, and answer questions about submitting to the 2021 Hopwood Award contests (deadline: January 27th at noon).

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:27:58 -0500 2021-01-20T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Hopwood Awards Program Workshop / Seminar Notebook and pen, teacup, and copy of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (January 22, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75953 75953-19627788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Kashona Notah [Fiction] and Nathan Kweku John [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:15:41 -0500 2021-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (January 25, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 25, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-01-25T09:00:00-05:00 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Rescheduled - Meet Author Jerry Dennis (January 26, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80073 80073-20767642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

This event has been rescheduled from the postponed date.

Join us for a free, virtual conversation with author Jerry Dennis! The University of Michigan Press is the proud publisher of his book "The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes." This will be an opportunity to hear about his writing and ask questions!

Jerry Dennis is the author of many literary and popular works about nature, science, and outdoor recreation. His essays and stories in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and many other publications have won numerous awards and are frequently anthologized. His books are widely acclaimed and have been translated into German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Czech. In 1999 the Michigan Library Association named Dennis the Michigan Author of the Year. He and his wife, Gail, live near the shore of Lake Michigan not far from Traverse City. Jerry Dennis is the co-founder of Big Maple Press https://bigmaplepress.com/about/

We will stream the event on Facebook Live and in Zoom webinar. If you would like to attend in Zoom webinar, please fill out the registration form at this link and we will send you the details: https://umich.zoom.us/.../register/WN_YJsa_053S1uVaXpsJvkZtA

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:31:18 -0500 2021-01-26T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-26T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Cover of "The Windward Shore" over water
2021 Hopwood Awards Deadline (January 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76027 76027-19655357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Deadline for the Hopwood Awards and related contests, including the First- and Second-Year, Undergraduate, and Graduate Hopwood Awards; The Academy of American Poets Prizes; The Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize, The Michael R. Gutterman Award in Poetry; The Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize in Poetry; The Roy and Helen Meador Writing Award; The Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship; The Marjorie Rapaport Award in Poetry; The Andrea Beauchamp Prize; The Frank and Gail Beaver Scriptwriting Prize; The Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing; The Helen J. Daniels Prize; The Geoffrey James Gosling Prize; The Paul and Sonia Handleman Poetry Award; The Robert F. Haugh Prize; The Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing; The Dennis McIntyre Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Playwriting; The Meader Family Award; The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Dramatic Writing; The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Fiction; The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize; The John Wager Prize; The Stanley S. Schwartz Prize; The Naomi Saferstein Literary Award; The Cora Duncan Award in Fiction; The Peter Phillip Pratt Award in Fiction; The Keith Taylor Excellence in Poetry Award; and the David Porter Award for Excellence in Journalism.

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Other Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:49:58 -0400 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Hopwood Awards Program Other Hopwood Awards Program logo with background of books by Hopwood winners
II Graduate Student Workshop. DEI Hack: How to Read a Book Strategically (January 27, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80713 80713-20777528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Please RSVP in advance at https://myumi.ch/qg70w

The typical academic reading load is a book per week in graduate seminars, but how does one manage with multiple courses and seminars, along with other life responsibilities?
Join Prof. Samer Ali (CMENAS and GISC Director) and the International Institute in this DEI workshop to learn how to read a book strategically and increase analytical engagement.

We will begin with a hard look at the implicit barriers of bigotry, class, gender, and race that have accrued over centuries of western higher education, which the DEI initiative seeks to redress and dismantle. Samer Ali will present concrete hacks to level the playing field, in accordance with the priorities of Title IV and IX of the U.S. Department of Education. By reading strategically, one can actually read and engage (and write) proactively at a deeper structural level than the passive reader. This is a hands-on workshop; bring a scholarly book for practice.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:18:18 -0500 2021-01-27T13:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Workshop / Seminar II Graduate Student Workshop banner
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (January 29, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78494 78494-20452221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

This workshop will focus on the personal statement for fellowships applications and will provide participants an opportunity to bring examples of their statements and get feedback from their peers. Registration is required and will be limited to 20 participants. Register at https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html after December 4th.

Presented by Larissa Sano, Sweetland Center for Writing

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Dec 2020 08:52:10 -0500 2021-01-29T08:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T09:00:00-05:00 Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
Write-Togethers (February 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-02-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Writing Effective Cover Letters (February 2, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80020 80020-20547011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you been trying to craft the perfect cover letter for a job or internship application? How can you be clear, showcase your strengths, and stand out from the crowd? Does your letter reflect the professional persona you wish to project? In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing effective cover letters, tailored to your goals and anticipated readers. Bring a draft cover letter if you have one. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.
REGISTER HERE: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/7677

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:44:25 -0500 2021-02-02T08:30:00-05:00 2021-02-02T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (February 2, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81234 81234-20877906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

In this hands-on workshop, we will focus on a very important element in most academic job applications: the teaching statement. We will consider the criteria that review committees use in evaluating these statements, and we will assess examples of successful submissions in order to consider what makes for effective content, structure, and language. The workshop will include time for writing and revising an initial draft.

Presenter: Simone Sessolo, Sweetland Center for Writing

Rackham / Sweetland Workshops, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School and held in the Fall and Winter terms, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in various aspects of writing.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:47:02 -0500 2021-02-02T17:00:00-05:00 2021-02-02T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (February 5, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75954 75954-19627789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Laurie Thomas [Fiction] and Ayokunle Falomo [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:15:57 -0500 2021-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (February 8, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 8, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Writing Support from Sweetland (February 9, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81657 81657-20941439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland Center for Writing offers fantastic resources for transfer students seeking to improve themselves as writers!

At this event, you will learn about Sweetland's course offerings that are geared toward transfer student populations, our writing support services led by Sweetland faculty and our specially trained Peer Writing Consultants, as well as the Minor in Writing for students who wish to delve deeply into the world of creative expression through writing.

All U-M undergraduate students are welcome to attend. If you cannot attend the event, but would still like information on Sweetland's services/opportunities, please email dhartlep@umich.edu.

For more Transfer Student Appreciation Week events visit https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/tsaw2021/home

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Reception / Open House Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:01:39 -0500 2021-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 2021-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Reception / Open House ONSP flyer
How We Do, a discussion & workshop with artist Chitra Ganesh (February 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80789 80789-20793300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Chitra Ganesh, a Brooklyn-based contemporary artist of South Asian origin, creates installations, comics, animation, sculpture, and mixed media works on paper. Her process often engages historical and mythic texts as inspiration and points of departure to create new representations of culture, femininity, sexuality, and power, and to bring queer femme perspectives typically absent from canons of literature and art. 

How does Ganesh employ research to approach these large ideas, identities, and histories in her research and creative process? Join this discussion + workshop to learn directly from Ganesh about her artistic practice, and to apply a little of her approach to your own creative projects (whether they be artistic, conceptual, entrepreneurial, or otherwise). Browse her website and Instagram.

During the workshop

Participants are invited to think of something that inspires them and/or they have questions about:

- a film - a book, poem, comic or graphic novel, or other form of writing - a common historical narrative - a person (past or present) - something from Tik Tok - a meme - a video

Through discussion, writing, doodling, drawing, and other exercises, this workshop will offer the space to explore and expand the ways in which creative projects can offer critiques of society, ideas about history and identity, and new imaginings of what is possible.

Sultana’s Dream and recent work

Recently acquired by UMMA and featured in the upcoming exhibition Oh honey...A queer reading of the collection, Ganesh’s series of prints Sultana’s Dream takes its inspiration from a 1905 text by the same name written by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a trailblazer for women's rights in South Asia. In Ganesh's words, Sultana’s Dream is a moving blueprint for an urban utopia that centers concepts such as collective knowledge production, fair governance, radical farming, scientific inquiry, safe space for refugees, and a work-life balance that includes down time and dreaming, all with women--as thinkers, leaders, rebels, and visionaries--at the helm. A video installation titled How We Do accompanied two exhibitions of Sultana’s Dream in New York and Bangladesh. In the installation, Ganesh mixed how-to videos and media reports found online with clips she solicited from friends and members of her broader queer and trans communities, seeking to build a body of collective knowledge and skill-sharing techniques, which she proposes are an essential aspect of an equitable future.

In her most recent work, A city will tell you her secrets if you ask, this year’s QUEERPOWER public art installation at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in NYC, Ganesh celebrates queer, trans, and BIPOC histories of downtown Manhattan while commemorating the deaths of trans people murdered in 2020 and LGBTQ activists lost to COVID. 

Related events

Chitra Ganesh: On Utopia and Dissent. Friday, March 12, 8 p.m.  presented by UMMA and the Penny Stamps Speaker Series

Chitra Ganesh programs are organized in partnership with the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and the Spectrum Center in conjunction with the upcoming UMMA exhibition Oh honey...a queer reading of the collection. 

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:16:06 -0500 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-12T13:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (February 15, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-02-15T09:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Writing in Academic Style (February 16, 2021 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80022 80022-20547014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.
REGISTER HERE: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/7677

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:43:26 -0500 2021-02-16T08:30:00-05:00 2021-02-16T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (February 18, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81235 81235-20877907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 18, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

What kinds of arguments can graduate students make as they proceed through their coursework, professional development, and dissertation process? This presentation will focus on how to conceptualize and scaffold arguments to develop and shape scholarly work across the whole of one's graduate career.

Presenter: Raymond McDaniel, Sweetland Center for Writing

Rackham / Sweetland Workshops, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School and held in the Fall and Winter terms, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in various aspects of writing.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:51:03 -0500 2021-02-18T14:00:00-05:00 2021-02-18T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
Reading Women’s Lives (February 19, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79948 79948-20517555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will meet once a month for four months. Excerpts from several women’s memoirs will be sent out ahead based on the theme for the month. During the class, participants will discuss the readings and write a short reflective piece from a trigger question. In small breakout groups, they will read and discuss their written reflections. Examples of themes are childhood, grief and loss, aging, resilience.

The study group will meet monthly with Instructor Beth Spencer on February 19, March 19, April 16, and May 14 (Fridays). Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:28:50 -0500 2021-02-19T15:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
New England Literature Program Informational Meeting (NELP) (February 19, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82027 82027-21006765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Interested in spending spring term in the woods, reading, writing, and climbing mountains—AND getting nine upper-level credits of English?? Check out the New England Literature Program!

After lots of conversations and planning, we’ve been approved to have a real, in-person NELP this spring! There will be some relatively small changes to how we do things (some of which we’re still figuring out), and NELP students will need to commit to pre-program COVID testing and a rigorous self-quarantine so that when we’re all out in New England together, we can be guaranteed that our little community in the woods will be a safe, COVID-free bubble, basically cut off from the rest of the world. If you have questions about what NELP is exactly—and what has made it such a popular program over the years—or questions about how NELP will work this spring, please join us on Friday, February 19 at 5:00 pm for a Informational Zoom meeting where you’ll hear from some recent NELP students about their experiences in the program and have all your questions answered.

NELP Director, Aric Knuth (aknuth@umich.edu)

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/my/aknuth

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:18:39 -0500 2021-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Livestream / Virtual NELP 2021
Write-Togethers (February 22, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 22, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-02-22T09:00:00-05:00 2021-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Meet Author Joel Stone (February 23, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81463 81463-20895794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

Through much of the nineteenth century, steam-powered ships provided one of the most reliable and comfortable transportation options on the Great Lakes. Join us for a free, virtual conversation with author Joel Stone, and revisit this elegant era of maritime history and the floating palaces that once navigated Great Lakes waters. We will discuss how he brings history to life in his writing and answer questions from attendees. The University of Michigan Press is the proud publisher of his book "Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes: A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas."

Joel Stone is Curator for the Dossin Great Lakes Museum and the Detroit Historical Society. Raised in the Detroit area, his research has focused on North American frontier and maritime cultures. He is also the coeditor of "Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812" and author of “Detroit 1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies.”

During the month of February, get your copy of "Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes: A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas" for only $14 and free shipping by using the discount code "UMGL14STONE" on our website: https://www.press.umich.edu/4641722/floating_palaces_of_the_great_lakes

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:12:20 -0500 2021-02-23T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Cover image of "Floating Palaces"
Cold Weather Hot Takes: The Faculty of Laughter (February 25, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81524 81524-20905716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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UMMA’s collection includes a silkscreen by Paul Rand titled Joseph Addison Poser-Laughter. Let’s use a line from Addison—“Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter”—as a runway, of sorts, for some poetic flights. Our description of the Rand silkscreen compares its central figure to Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat. Let’s write and share a few poems in the tradition of Lewis Carroll.

We especially have Carroll’s “Mad Gardener’s Song” form in mind, an example of which goes like this: “He thought he saw an Argument / That proved he was the Pope: / He looked again, and found it was / A Bar of Mottled Soap. / ‘A fact so dread,’ he faintly said, / ‘Extinguishes all hope!’”

These poems are easy to write, and great fun to hear out loud.

 

Cody Walker directs the U-M English Department’s Undergraduate Creative Writing Program and co-directs the Bear River Writers’ Conference. He’s the author of three poetry collections, including The Self-Styled No-Child (Waywiser Press, 2016). His work appears in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, and The Best American Poetry. 

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Other Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:16:00 -0500 2021-02-25T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T13:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (February 26, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75955 75955-19627790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Kelsey Wiora [Fiction] and Catherine Valdez [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:15:57 -0500 2021-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
ZooMoon Luminary Making Workshop (February 27, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81003 81003-20832759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Please join us for an afternoon of fun and creativity online at UMMA!

Mark Tucker, Founder and Creative Director of FestiFools and FoolMoon, is unleashing a new online artmaking workshop just for you! Learn to make a ZooMoon Luminary Sculpture. These cool illuminated sculptures will light up your world! Come join us on Zoom and meet new friends, get creative, laugh, and let your inner artist beast roam free!    No experience necessary. Ideal for ages 10-110. Younger kids with adult supervision are also welcome.

Supplies needed (all should be available at ACE Barnes Hardware on W. Stadium Blvd):
17-20 gauge steel wire Wire cutters Elmer’s White Glue 1-2” wide brush Tissue paper (white or colored) ½” wide fiberglass tape 2” wide clear packing tape LED lights (puck or string lights) Batteries Pencil/paper (for drawing out design)
Mark Tucker is the originator and Founder of FestiFools and FoolMoon, two annual large-scale public art events held in downtown Ann Arbor, and Co-Founder of WonderFool Productions, the non-profit producers of FestiFools, FoolMoon and YpsiGlow.  Mark also helped launch YES (Ypsilanti Experimental Space) in downtown Ypsilanti, and he serves as Art Director for the Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts where he develops and designs innovative arts programming and has the pleasure of teaching art classes for non-art majors at the University of Michigan.    Tucker’s current creative work revolves around community collaborations making large-scale public art sculptures, theater sets, and unique outdoor spectacles celebrating the Arts as a catalyst for creative community engagement. 

This programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:16:11 -0500 2021-02-27T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-27T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (March 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Café Shapiro with Guest Hosts! (March 1, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81065 81065-20840670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 1, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high! For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

This year we have celebrity hosts! Get more info about our hosts and our student presenters here: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

MARCH 1 PRESENTERS
Meghan Chou (short story), senior
Aelita Klausmeier (poetry), sophomore
Erika Woo (poetry), senior
Alex Aisner (op-ed), freshman
Nicole Tooley (poetry), sophomore
Eli Neumann (poetry), junior
Dylan Gilbert (poetry), senior
Malin Andersson (poetry), junior
Madeline Bacolor (poetry), senior
Andrew Warrick (fiction), senior

MARCH 2 PRESENTERS
Hayley Yu (fiction), senior
Nayiri Sagherian (fiction), sophomore
Tess Klygis (short poems), freshman
Lily Price (fiction), freshman
Ellie Katz (creative nonfiction essay)
Jee-In Kwon (poetry)
Sabrina Nash (fiction)
Harper Klotz (poetry)
Kellie M. Beck (fiction or poetry?)
Carly Cooper (short screenplay)

MARCH 8 PRESENTERS
Jade Wurst (poetry), junior
Charles-Alexandria Goodrum (essay), freshman
Victoria Murphy (poetry), freshman
Simone McCants (fictional short story), senior
Nicholas Moore (poetry), junior
Roshni Veeramachaneni (fiction), freshman
Rachna Iyer (poetry), sophomore
Soumya Tejam (short story), sophomore
Hannah Martin (poetry), junior
Aniyah Fisher (essay), freshman

MARCH 9 PRESENTERS
Hussein Alkadhim (lyric essay), sophomore
Lia Baldori (short fiction story),senior
Hiba Dagher (poetry), junior
Jack Doyle (fiction), junior
Milisa Carter (essay), freshman
Fareah Fysudeen (fiction), senior
Thomas Griffith (poetry), sophomore
Kaleb Brown (fiction), senior
Max Hernand (fiction short story), junior

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Presentation Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:39:08 -0500 2021-03-01T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-01T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Presentation Detail from Café Shapiro anthology
Café Shapiro with Guest Hosts! (March 2, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81065 81065-20840671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high! For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

This year we have celebrity hosts! Get more info about our hosts and our student presenters here: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

MARCH 1 PRESENTERS
Meghan Chou (short story), senior
Aelita Klausmeier (poetry), sophomore
Erika Woo (poetry), senior
Alex Aisner (op-ed), freshman
Nicole Tooley (poetry), sophomore
Eli Neumann (poetry), junior
Dylan Gilbert (poetry), senior
Malin Andersson (poetry), junior
Madeline Bacolor (poetry), senior
Andrew Warrick (fiction), senior

MARCH 2 PRESENTERS
Hayley Yu (fiction), senior
Nayiri Sagherian (fiction), sophomore
Tess Klygis (short poems), freshman
Lily Price (fiction), freshman
Ellie Katz (creative nonfiction essay)
Jee-In Kwon (poetry)
Sabrina Nash (fiction)
Harper Klotz (poetry)
Kellie M. Beck (fiction or poetry?)
Carly Cooper (short screenplay)

MARCH 8 PRESENTERS
Jade Wurst (poetry), junior
Charles-Alexandria Goodrum (essay), freshman
Victoria Murphy (poetry), freshman
Simone McCants (fictional short story), senior
Nicholas Moore (poetry), junior
Roshni Veeramachaneni (fiction), freshman
Rachna Iyer (poetry), sophomore
Soumya Tejam (short story), sophomore
Hannah Martin (poetry), junior
Aniyah Fisher (essay), freshman

MARCH 9 PRESENTERS
Hussein Alkadhim (lyric essay), sophomore
Lia Baldori (short fiction story),senior
Hiba Dagher (poetry), junior
Jack Doyle (fiction), junior
Milisa Carter (essay), freshman
Fareah Fysudeen (fiction), senior
Thomas Griffith (poetry), sophomore
Kaleb Brown (fiction), senior
Max Hernand (fiction short story), junior

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Presentation Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:39:08 -0500 2021-03-02T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-02T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Presentation Detail from Café Shapiro anthology
The Residential College 2020-2021 Annual Robertson Lecture: "The News from Poetry: In An Era of False Facts and True Fallacies, What's to be Found in Art?" (March 3, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81245 81245-20877917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

The Residential College 2020-2021 Robertson Memorial Lecture

Award-Winning Writer, Theodore Roethke Distinguished University Professor and RC Alumna, Laura Kasischke

"The News from Poetry: In an Era of False Facts and True Fallacies, What's to be Found in Art?”

March 3, 2021 via Zoom
4 - 5:30pm, with an online reception to follow
Register at https://myumi.ch/yKA8b

This talk will explore the ways in which art crosses borders and boundaries, both personal and global, erases political divisions to unite generations and cultures, to speak to all genders and races, to erase religious and economic divisions, while traveling eternally and generously (and for free!) from continent to continent, century to century, enduring through crises and chaos, disease and despair, to bring us the truths without which we will die.

Laura Kasischke is a graduate of the Residential College and is now proud to be an instructor of creative writing in it as well as in the English Department, where she is the Theodore Roethke Distinguished University Professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, nine novels, a novella, and a collection of short stories. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages, and three of her novels have been made into feature length films. The recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rilke Award for Poetry, and numerous teaching awards, Kasischke’s twelfth collection of poetry, Lightning Falls in Love, will be published in September.

Presented by the Residential College, celebrating 50 years of the Creative Writing & Literature Program

The Robertson Memorial Lecture is an annual Residential College event made possible by a gift honoring Professor James H. Robertson and Jean B. Robertson, the first Dean of the Residential College and his wife.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:45:22 -0500 2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-03T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Lecture / Discussion Event flier
Write-Togethers (March 8, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-03-08T09:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (March 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81727 81727-20949375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

RSVP here https://forms.gle/h19vxzqNVTYKd8BD6

The deadline to apply for Fall 2021 is Monday, March 15th at noon.

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:29:04 -0500 2021-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering
Café Shapiro with Guest Hosts! (March 8, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81065 81065-20840672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 8, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high! For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

This year we have celebrity hosts! Get more info about our hosts and our student presenters here: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

MARCH 1 PRESENTERS
Meghan Chou (short story), senior
Aelita Klausmeier (poetry), sophomore
Erika Woo (poetry), senior
Alex Aisner (op-ed), freshman
Nicole Tooley (poetry), sophomore
Eli Neumann (poetry), junior
Dylan Gilbert (poetry), senior
Malin Andersson (poetry), junior
Madeline Bacolor (poetry), senior
Andrew Warrick (fiction), senior

MARCH 2 PRESENTERS
Hayley Yu (fiction), senior
Nayiri Sagherian (fiction), sophomore
Tess Klygis (short poems), freshman
Lily Price (fiction), freshman
Ellie Katz (creative nonfiction essay)
Jee-In Kwon (poetry)
Sabrina Nash (fiction)
Harper Klotz (poetry)
Kellie M. Beck (fiction or poetry?)
Carly Cooper (short screenplay)

MARCH 8 PRESENTERS
Jade Wurst (poetry), junior
Charles-Alexandria Goodrum (essay), freshman
Victoria Murphy (poetry), freshman
Simone McCants (fictional short story), senior
Nicholas Moore (poetry), junior
Roshni Veeramachaneni (fiction), freshman
Rachna Iyer (poetry), sophomore
Soumya Tejam (short story), sophomore
Hannah Martin (poetry), junior
Aniyah Fisher (essay), freshman

MARCH 9 PRESENTERS
Hussein Alkadhim (lyric essay), sophomore
Lia Baldori (short fiction story),senior
Hiba Dagher (poetry), junior
Jack Doyle (fiction), junior
Milisa Carter (essay), freshman
Fareah Fysudeen (fiction), senior
Thomas Griffith (poetry), sophomore
Kaleb Brown (fiction), senior
Max Hernand (fiction short story), junior

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Presentation Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:39:08 -0500 2021-03-08T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-08T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Presentation Detail from Café Shapiro anthology
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (March 9, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81727 81727-20949376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

RSVP here https://forms.gle/h19vxzqNVTYKd8BD6

The deadline to apply for Fall 2021 is Monday, March 15th at noon.

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:29:04 -0500 2021-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering
Café Shapiro with Guest Hosts! (March 9, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81065 81065-20840673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own poems and short stories. The quality is high! For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

This year we have celebrity hosts! Get more info about our hosts and our student presenters here: https://myumi.ch/ovPEl

MARCH 1 PRESENTERS
Meghan Chou (short story), senior
Aelita Klausmeier (poetry), sophomore
Erika Woo (poetry), senior
Alex Aisner (op-ed), freshman
Nicole Tooley (poetry), sophomore
Eli Neumann (poetry), junior
Dylan Gilbert (poetry), senior
Malin Andersson (poetry), junior
Madeline Bacolor (poetry), senior
Andrew Warrick (fiction), senior

MARCH 2 PRESENTERS
Hayley Yu (fiction), senior
Nayiri Sagherian (fiction), sophomore
Tess Klygis (short poems), freshman
Lily Price (fiction), freshman
Ellie Katz (creative nonfiction essay)
Jee-In Kwon (poetry)
Sabrina Nash (fiction)
Harper Klotz (poetry)
Kellie M. Beck (fiction or poetry?)
Carly Cooper (short screenplay)

MARCH 8 PRESENTERS
Jade Wurst (poetry), junior
Charles-Alexandria Goodrum (essay), freshman
Victoria Murphy (poetry), freshman
Simone McCants (fictional short story), senior
Nicholas Moore (poetry), junior
Roshni Veeramachaneni (fiction), freshman
Rachna Iyer (poetry), sophomore
Soumya Tejam (short story), sophomore
Hannah Martin (poetry), junior
Aniyah Fisher (essay), freshman

MARCH 9 PRESENTERS
Hussein Alkadhim (lyric essay), sophomore
Lia Baldori (short fiction story),senior
Hiba Dagher (poetry), junior
Jack Doyle (fiction), junior
Milisa Carter (essay), freshman
Fareah Fysudeen (fiction), senior
Thomas Griffith (poetry), sophomore
Kaleb Brown (fiction), senior
Max Hernand (fiction short story), junior

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Presentation Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:39:08 -0500 2021-03-09T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Library Presentation Detail from Café Shapiro anthology
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (March 10, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81727 81727-20949377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

RSVP here https://forms.gle/h19vxzqNVTYKd8BD6

The deadline to apply for Fall 2021 is Monday, March 15th at noon.

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:29:04 -0500 2021-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (March 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81727 81727-20949378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

RSVP here https://forms.gle/h19vxzqNVTYKd8BD6

The deadline to apply for Fall 2021 is Monday, March 15th at noon.

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:29:04 -0500 2021-03-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering
Reflection on Leadership: Wellbeing and Personal Leadership Development (March 11, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82868 82868-21203455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 11, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

Trotter Multicultural Center is excited to announce a continuation of our Inclusive Student Leadership Program -- Reflection on Leadership: Wellbeing and Personal Leadership Development. This two-part series invites students to explore leadership development and well-being in your roles as student leaders. Come join us next Thursday (3/11, 6-7pm) for an exploration of leadership identities and a discussion on identifying strategies for both personal and organizational well-being. Can’t wait to see you there! Register here: http://myumi.ch/AxKwW

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Well-being Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:53:00 -0500 2021-03-11T18:00:00-05:00 2021-03-11T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Trotter Multicultural Center Well-being Image of event flyer
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (March 12, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75956 75956-19627791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Matthew Wamser [Fiction] and Dur e Aziz Amna [Fiction]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:15:49 -0500 2021-03-12T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (March 15, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 15, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Paths to Publication (March 16, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82582 82582-21124023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

In March 2014, RC Creative Writing majors Allison Epstein and Jon Michael Darga were publishing that year's issue of the RC Review, putting the final touches on their novel manuscripts in their tutorials, and looking forward to celebrating their RC graduation. Now Allison is celebrating the release of her first novel, A Tip for the Hangman, and Jon is representing authors as an agent with Aevitas Creative Management. Join Allison and Jon as they team up again to talk about the path to publication from the author's and the agent's perspective, and how they made the leap from creative writing majors to professionals in the writing industry.

Tuesday, March 16, 7:00 p.m.
Join the event at http://myumi.ch/GkKKb

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:57:41 -0500 2021-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-16T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (March 19, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75957 75957-19627792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Anna Majeski [Fiction] and Nadia Mota [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:15:41 -0400 2021-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (March 22, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 22, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-03-22T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Meet Author Patricia Majher (March 23, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82636 82636-21147757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

What do you know about the rich history of female lighthouse keepers on the Great Lakes? Celebrate Women's History Month with us by learning about some of the women who kept those lighthouses running, defying the gender expectations of their time to serve the sailing communities on Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, as well as on the Detroit River!

Patricia Majher is author of "Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service," the former editor of Michigan History magazine, and a museum professional. She will share the stories of some of these lighthouse keepers and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.

This event will be in Zoom webinar and streamed to Facebook Live.

"Ladies of the Lights" will be on sale for $12 and free shipping during the month of March. Just visit press.umich.edu and use the discount code "UMGL12MAJHER" when you check out.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:35:28 -0500 2021-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Cover of "Ladies of the Lights" in front of a lighthouse photo
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, Vol.12 Launch Party (March 23, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82501 82501-21110107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

The Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing seeks to showcase the talent and diversity from Michigan's best incarcerated writers. The Review features writing from both beginning and experienced writers- writing that comes from the heart, that is unique, well-crafted, and lively.

The pandemic halted events days before Songs Unsung: Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, volume 12 was scheduled to debut in March 2020. PCAP is excited to bring you a reading of selections from Songs Unsung.

This publication is made possible in part by Jackson Social Welfare Fund and the Department of English Language and Literature.

This event is part of the 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners. Visit https://myumi.ch/kxZ1D for a link to the exhibit and registration links for the events listed below.

March 16: Opening Celebration, 7:00 pm
March 16: Opening Reception, 7:45 pm
March 17: Public Tour, 12:00 pm
March 18: Keynote, Janie Paul, 7:00 pm
March 20: Public Tour, 12:00 pm
March 23: Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing Launch Party, 7:00 pm
March 24: Public Tour, 12:00 pm
March 25: Artists Panel, 7:00 pm

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Performance Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:27:38 -0500 2021-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-23T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Performance Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, volume 12
Inside The Cartel Project: The Power of Collaborative Investigative Journalism (March 24, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82579 82579-21124020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

In 2012 Mexican journalist Regina Martinez was murdered in her home. She had been reporting on the links between drug cartels, public officials and thousands of individuals who had mysteriously disappeared. Eight years later, her investigations were published simultaneously around the world as The Cartel Project.

Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit newsroom created by Laurent Richard during his year as a Knight- Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, organized the project, secretly bringing together an international network of journalists dedicated to continue the work of Martinez. Sixty reporters from 18 countries, followed her leads to expose a global network of Mexican drug cartels and their political connections around the world.

Join journalists Laurent Richard of Forbidden Stories, Dana Priest of The Washington Post and Jorge Carrasco of Proceso with moderator, Lynette Clemetson, for a behind the scenes look at the global investigation and learn how collaborative journalism can keep alive the work of reporters who are silenced by threats, censorship or death.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:22:40 -0500 2021-03-24T12:30:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wallace House Center for Journalists Livestream / Virtual 2021 Eisendrath Symposium
Write-Togethers (March 29, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 29, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-03-29T09:00:00-04:00 2021-03-29T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Write-Togethers (April 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-04-05T09:00:00-04:00 2021-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
BLI Poetry and Contemplative Writing Workshop (April 7, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83547 83547-21420816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

On Wednesday, Apr 7 (6pm-7:15pm) the Mindful Leader program will host poet and creative writer, Zilka Joseph as she leads the cohort through a one-hour poetry and contemplative writing workshop. This inspiring event is open to the entire BLI community!

Some additional info about Zilka Joseph; She was awarded a Zell Fellowship (Zell MFA program) and the Elsie Choy Lee Scholarship (Centre for the Education of Women) from the University of Michigan. She was nominated twice for a Pushcart, and for Best of the New, has won many honors, participated in literary festivals and readings, and has been featured on several radio programs and online interviews. Her third chapbook, Sparrows and Dust, was recently published in March 2021. She teaches creative writing workshops and is a freelance editor and manuscript advisor. She is dedicated to coaching, lifting, and encouraging every writer she works with and creating a unique community of writers/students wherever she lives and teaches.

We are also offering meal reimbursements up to $15 for the first 10 people that sign up and attend the event (unfortunately, U-M employees are not eligible for meal reimbursement).

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:03:24 -0400 2021-04-07T18:00:00-04:00 2021-04-07T19:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Barger Leadership Institute Livestream / Virtual Poetry Workshop with Zilka Joseph
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (April 9, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75958 75958-19627793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Lauren Morrow [Fiction] and David Freeman [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:15:28 -0400 2021-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (April 12, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-04-12T09:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
RC Intros: Interested in learning more about the Residential College? (April 12, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81794 81794-20959285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 12, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

RC Intros: Interested in learning more about the Residential College?

Wondering what happens after the RC? Meet RC alumni and learn about their post-grad experiences!

Monday, April 12, 5-6pm
Register at myumi.ch/E3WA5

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Reception / Open House Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:43:56 -0500 2021-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-12T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Reception / Open House RC Intros flier
2021 Hopwood Awards Ceremony and Hopwood Lecture (April 14, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75561 75561-19521135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Awards Ceremony for the Hopwood Awards and related contests, including the First- and Second-Year, Undergraduate, and Graduate Hopwood Awards; The Academy of American Poets Prizes; The Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize, The Michael R. Gutterman Award in Poetry; The Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize in Poetry; The Roy and Helen Meador Writing Award; The Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship; The Marjorie Rapaport Award in Poetry; The Andrea Beauchamp Prize; The Frank and Gail Beaver Scriptwriting Prize; The Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing; The Helen J. Daniels Prize; The Geoffrey James Gosling Prize; The Paul and Sonia Handleman Poetry Award; The Robert F. Haugh Prize; The Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing; The Dennis McIntyre Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Playwriting; The Meader Family Award; The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Dramatic Writing; The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Fiction; The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize; The John Wager Prize; The Stanley S. Schwartz Prize; The Naomi Saferstein Literary Award; The Cora Duncan Award in Fiction; The Peter Phillip Pratt Award in Fiction; The Keith Taylor Excellence in Poetry Award; and the David Porter Award for Excellence in Journalism.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:34:30 -0400 2021-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 2021-04-14T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Hopwood Awards Program Livestream / Virtual Author Kiese Laymon, an African American man with a shaved head wearing a black zippered shirt.
2021 Hopwood Awards Virtual Ceremony and Lecture (April 14, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83503 83503-21393428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Presentation of the 2021 Hopwood Awards and other creative writing contests managed by the Hopwood Awards Program. Kiese Laymon, an award-winning memoirist and fiction writer, will deliver the Hopwood Lecture. This event will feature live captioning.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:01:05 -0400 2021-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 2021-04-14T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Hopwood Awards Program Livestream / Virtual Flyer featuring photo of Hopwood Lecturer Kiese Laymon
Residential College Alumni-Student Mentorship Panel (April 18, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83716 83716-21477629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 18, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

Leveraging your academic, professional, and personal experiences in an interview to land the job (And, engaging a mentor to overcome obstacles (like the competitive pandemic economy, or imposter syndrome, or writers block) and make your next step!)

Sunday, April 18, 2021
5-6 pm via Zoom
Register to attend at https://myumi.ch/erqkR

RCers on the Panel:

Lena Benjakul
BA in Economics & Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, 2020
Currently: Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mark Castañeda
BA in Organizational Studies / Program in the Environment, class of 2021
What's next: Moving to Big Sky, Montana to work with the Montana Conservation Corps as a Conservation Fellow

Ionut Gitan
BA in Asian Languages and Cultures at U-M, 2012
MA, International Relations and Business at NYU, 2018
Currently: Communications at Catholic Medical Mission Board

Caitlin Cowan
BA in English and Creative Writing, 2008
MFA - The New School, 2010
PhD - The University of North Texas, 2015
Currently: Development Coordinator, Chair of Creative Writing, and a Freelance Editor

Maria LoCicero
BA in History and Arts & Ideas in the Humanities, class of 2021
What's next: City Year Service Member, Chicago

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:47:49 -0400 2021-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 2021-04-18T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Careers / Jobs Flier
Write-Togethers (April 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-20562771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 19, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2021-04-19T09:00:00-04:00 2021-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
The 20th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in Medical Humanities (April 19, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83733 83733-21483492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 19, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

The Center for the History of Medicine and the Department of English Language and Literature are pleased to announce the 20th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities.

This year's lecture will feature Professor Deborah Blum, Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Blum is a Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist, columnist and author of six books, most recently, The Poison Squad, a 2018 New York Times Notable Book, and the subject of a 2020 PBS documentary.

Blum will deliver her lecture, "Science Journalism Under the Microscope: From COVID to Climate Change," where she will explores the sometimes mysterious (to others) ways that journalists pick stories, balance evidence, find sources, and spin their tales, using examples from some of the most important stories of the last decade to illustrate good choices and bad, mistakes and successes, to make some essential and insightful points about the profession.

Blum won the Pulitzer in 1992 for a series on primate research that became her first book, The Monkey Wars. She has since focused on key moments in the history of science with books including Love at Goon Park (2002), Ghost Hunters (2006), the New York Times bestseller, The Poisoner’s Handbook (2010). A co-editor of A Field Guide for Science Writers (2006), she is now under contract with Oxford University Press as a co-editor of a forthcoming guide to science journalism. She has worked as a science columnist for The New York Times, a blogger for Wired, and has written for other publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to Mother Jones. She was the Helen Firstbrook Franklin professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 15 years before being selected as the fourth director of the Knight Science Journalism Program in 2015. Shortly later, she launched the online science magazine, Undark, which now numbers a readership in the millions and has won numerous national awards, including the George K. Polk Award.

Blum is a former president of the National Association of Science Writers, was a member of the governing board of the World Federation of Science Writers, and currently serves on the board of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, and on advisory boards of Chemical & Engineering News, The Scientist and the MIT Museum. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a lifetime associate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of her work in science communication.

Please join us for this engaging presentation from one of the nation’s premiere science journalists!

Monday, April 19, 2021
3:00 - 4:00 pm

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/s/95201112797

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:00:10 -0400 2021-04-19T15:00:00-04:00 2021-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for the History of Medicine Livestream / Virtual Science Journalism Under the Microscope: From Covid to Climate Control
Meet Author Cory Brant: Great Lakes Sea Lamprey (April 27, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83224 83224-21601265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

The University of Michigan Press Great Lakes author event for April is in honor of spring and Earth Day! Celebrate with us by learning about one of the most destructive invasive species to ever enter the Great Lakes, the sea lamprey, the history of the invasion, and monumental efforts to control them! We will be discussing the award-winning book "Great Lakes Sea Lamprey: The 70 Year War on a Biological Invader," by Cory Brant. There will be a Q&A with the author.

Cory Brant is a former post-doctoral researcher at the University of Michigan and Great Lakes Fishery Commission in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For over a decade, his work has focused on sea lampreys, particularly the species’ use of chemical communication and how to exploit that biology as a method of control.

This event will be in Zoom webinar and streamed to Facebook Live.

"Great Lakes Sea Lamprey" will be on sale for $13 and free shipping through the month of April. Just visit press.umich.edu and use the discount code "UMGL13BRANT" when you check out.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:58:15 -0400 2021-04-27T08:00:00-04:00 2021-04-27T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Picture of the cover of the book "Great Lakes Sea Lamprey"
Nineteenth Century Forum Final Meeting (May 12, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83611 83611-21438451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nineteenth Century Forum

All are welcome to our final meeting of the 2020-21 academic year! Come to meet our incoming graduate student coordinators, Ellie Reese, Emma Soberano, and Dana Moss. We will celebrate the end of a challenging year and brainstorm exciting new ideas for next year. Email Sarah Van Cleve (srvc@umich.edu) or Ani Bezirdzhyan (abezirdz@umich.edu) with any questions.

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Meeting Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:46:32 -0400 2021-05-12T15:00:00-04:00 2021-05-12T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nineteenth Century Forum Meeting Turn the page.
(Counter) Narratives of Migration - Virtual Conference (May 14, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83999 83999-21619328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 14, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Keynote Speaker: Hadji Bakara (U-M English Language and Literature and the Donia Human Rights Center)

Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, for the annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum (CLIFF). The conference will be held on Zoom.
This Year's CLIFF investigates the visibility, narratives, and media of migration. We will explore circulation in a variety of forms—bodies, ideas, and material goods—through its manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 May 2021 13:31:46 -0400 2021-05-14T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-14T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Workshop / Seminar CLIFF
(Counter) Narratives of Migration - Virtual Conference (May 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83999 83999-21619329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Keynote Speaker: Hadji Bakara (U-M English Language and Literature and the Donia Human Rights Center)

Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, for the annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum (CLIFF). The conference will be held on Zoom.
This Year's CLIFF investigates the visibility, narratives, and media of migration. We will explore circulation in a variety of forms—bodies, ideas, and material goods—through its manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 May 2021 13:31:46 -0400 2021-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-15T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Workshop / Seminar CLIFF
Unearthing Tulsa: 100 Years Later, a conversation with Brent Staples, Fred Conrad, and Scott Ellsworth (May 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83757 83757-21493279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Maybe you’ve heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It was one of the most horrific examples of white supremacist terrorism in the history of the United States and knowledge of the event was actively suppressed for over fifty years. From May 31 to June 1, 1921, the Massacre saw the murder of hundreds of Black residents of the Greenwood neighborhood—a bustling and vibrant community known then as Black Wall Street—and more than one-thousand homes and businesses burned to the ground.

As we approach the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we invite you to revisit a moment in 1999 when the New York Times Magazine published Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Brent Staples' article "Unearthing a Riot," which was the most significant national media coverage of the event at the time. Portraits of survivors made by renowned photojournalist and U-M alumnus Fred Conrad accompanied this important essay. In this program, Staples and Conrad will be joined by U-M professor, best-selling author, and historian Scott Ellsworth, author of newly published book The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, who will facilitate a conversation that will expand our understanding of what has been involved in making the history of Tulsa more visible and, by extension, illuminating the ever-present reality of racial terror and the resiliency of Black communities in our country.

Also featuring an introduction by Matthew Countryman, chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and a Q&A facilitated by Jennifer Friess, UMMA associate curator of photography.

This program will be livestreamed on YouTube at 4 p.m. on May 17. No registration required.   Brent Staples, an editorial writer for The New York Times, was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. He is the author of the memoir Parallel Time and holds a Phd in Psychology from The University of Chicago.

Fred Conrad is a photographer specializing in photojournalism and portraiture. He holds his BFA in Photography from the University of Michigan and has made photographs for prestigious and far reaching news organizations such as Sygma, Time Magazine, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Ms. Magazine and The New York Times. 

Born and raised in Tulsa, Scott Ellsworth has been writing about the Tulsa race massacre for forty-five years. His forthcoming book, The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, will be published on May 18, 2021. Ellsworth teaches in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.

The Ground Breaking: an American City and its Search for Justice​ will be available for sale through the UMMA Shop (please call 734-647-0521), Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, and Blackstone Bookstore in Ypsilanti. It will also be available through the Ann Arbor District Library. 

For more information, visit umma.umich.edu/unearthing-tulsa.

This program is presented by UMMA as part of our ongoing commitment to anti-racist action, and organized in collaboration with the Museum’s longtime partner professor Scott Ellsworth and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies with support from Wallace House, the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, the Ann Arbor District Library, Blackstone Bookstore, and Literati Bookstore.

Visit Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism for a current exhibition that also takes up untold stories of the historical erasure of Black Americans and explores photography’s role in making visible people and histories that have been actively suppressed. 

 

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Other Mon, 17 May 2021 18:15:13 -0400 2021-05-17T16:00:00-04:00 2021-05-17T17:20:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art