Book Signing with John U. Bacon

Event date: 
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 7:00pm

Join us for a signing with best-selling local author John U. Bacon for his new book, Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football.

 

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About the Book:

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Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football (Hardcover)

By John U. Bacon
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062886941
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow - September 3rd, 2019
Event address: 
Westgate Shopping Center
2513 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Almost Country with John Knott

Event date: 
Sunday, November 3, 2019 - 3:00pm

John Knott shares his essays, which present a story of getting to know a place intimately and learning to deal with challenges from the human and natural worlds, from developers and county officials to windstorms, a hatch of seventeen-year cicadas, flying squirrels in the attic, and a bullfrog that takes up residence for the winter in the basement floor drain.

 

About the Author

Event address: 
Westgate Shopping Center
2513 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Poetry Night Featuring Doug Smith with Jane Bridges

Event date: 
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 7:00pm

We are delighted to host local poets Doug Smith with Jane Bridges for a night of poetry.

About the Book

Selections from This Iris and Ransom Note Poems There are 8 poems that center around life with her husband of 40 years, his sudden death, and her response to it.  There are 8 poems that are made with cut-out words from magazines, which she calls ransom note poems.  These poems are inspired by classic Japanese haiku, and while they aren’t haiku, they are zen-like. 

Event address: 
Westgate Shopping Center
2513 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

A Night of Poetry featuring Terry Blackhawk wsg. Dennis Hinrichsen

Event date: 
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 7:00pm

We are delighted to host Terry Blackhawk with special guest Dennis Hinrichsen for a night of poetry.

 

About the Book

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One Less River (Paperback)

By Terry Blackhawk
$16.95
ISBN: 9781936419890
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mayapple Press - July 9th, 2019
Event address: 
Westgate Shopping Center
2513 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

An Evening with Bill Lopez

Event date: 
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 7:00pm

Lopez will join us for the evening to examine the lasting damage done by a daylong act of collaborative immigration enforcement in Washtenaw County, Michigan. He will share his title Separated, where Lopez discusses deportation's rippling negative effects on families, communities, and individuals and reveals efforts to cope with trauma, avoid homelessness, handle worsening health, and keep families together.

About the Book

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Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid (Hardcover)

By William D. Lopez
$27.95
ISBN: 9781421433318
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - September 24th, 2019
Event address: 
Westgate Shopping Center
2513 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Pizza and Poetry Night with Jeff Kass and friends

Event date: 
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 7:00pm

Jeff Kass is bringing the poetry and we are supplying the pizza. Teacher/Pizza Guy is a funny and relatable collection for readers, thinkers, educators, and pizza lovers everywhere. Kass will be joined by local high school poets.

About the Book

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Teacher/Pizza Guy (Made in Michigan Writers) (Paperback)

By Jeff Kass
$16.99
ISBN: 9780814347157
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Wayne State University Press - August 26th, 2019
Event address: 
Westgate Shopping Center
2513 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

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