WINTER EVENTS 2009

All events are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Tea Room.


UPCOMING EVENTS:

January 21
::DELIA DECOURCY::JENNIFER METSKER

February 4
::BEST FRIENDS FOREVER::EVA COLáS

February 18
::KRISTIE KACHLER::GREG SCHUTZ

January 21::DELIA DECOURCY::JENNIFER METSKER

Delia DeCourcy

Delia DeCourcy hails from a very small town in Virginia but doesn't have the accent to prove it. She finished her MFA in creative writing at the University of Michigan last spring and is at work on a novel when she's not teaching writing classes at UM.

Jennifer Metsker

Jennifer Metsker received her MFA in poetry in 2006 from the University of Michigan, where she currently teaches composition and creative writing. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, Michigan Quarterly Review and Oleander Review. "Poltergeist," published in The Southern Review, was also selected for Verse Daily--read it at http://www.versedaily.org/2007/poltergeist.shtml.

FEBRUARY 4::BEST FRIENDS FOREVER::EVA COLÁS

Best Friends Forever

Best Friends Forever is a collaborative art/video/music group featuring best friends Alana DeRiggi and Holly Mae Haddock.

Eva Colás

Eva Colás is an 18 year old writer attending Huron High School in Ann Arbor Michigan. She spends most of her time with her friends drinking coffee and reading good books at the Fleetwood Diner. When the weather permits, she breaks out her pink skateboard and rides around town enjoying the scenery. A caring individual, she loves to help her friends in need, cracking jokes and giving advice. When she grows up, she wants to write stories, be a doctor, and live in New York.

FEBRUARY 18::KRISTIE KACHLER::GREG SCHUTZ

Kristie Kachler

Kristie Kachler is from Kentucky. She is currently a Zell Fellow in Poetry at the University of Michigan, and is at work on a chapbook.

Greg Schutz

Greg Schutz holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where he served as a Zell Postgraduate Fellow in Creative Writing. His short fiction has received the University of Michigan's Chamberlain Award and the 2008 Juked Fiction Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Greg is also a certified In-Fisherman magazine Master Angler.

All events are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Tea Room.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

October 1:: VIEVEE FRANCIS::JILL DARLING

Vievee Francis is in her second year of UM’s MFA Program. Her first book (Blue-Tail Fly) was named a Notable Book by Poets & Writers. Jill Darling is a PhD student at Wayne State and her chapbook Begin with May was published this spring. Read her blog at http://jdnotes.blogspot.com/

October 15:: ONNA SOLOMON::SANDY TOLBERT

Onna Solomon's writing has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Cimarron Review, and 32 Poems, among others. She received her master's in creative writing from Boston University, and now lives and works in Ann Arbor. Sandy Tolbert holds an MA in Creative Writing from Wayne State, works as a nurse and writes poems. We have no idea when, since she’s also a mother.

Guest Host:: TEXTSOUND

Anya L Cobler is a poet and sound artist residing in Ypsilanti, MI. She graduated from the University of Michigan's MFA program in poetry. Currently, she's teaching at Eastern Michigan University and Oakland Community College, and trying to publish her manuscript "Prow of Shells." She's had work published in various journals, including The Canary, gutcult, and Verse.

Megan Levad is a writer, teacher and artist from Iowa. She is currently a Zell Fellow in Poetry at the University of Michigan.

Anna Vitale is from Detroit (w/in city limits) and lives in Ann Arbor. She's been published in The Pulchritudinous Review and Shifter. She has collaborated with poets, musicians, and artists such as Carla Harryman, Viki, Dale Sherrard, and Chris Sollars. She teaches at Eastern Michigan University and works at Wayne State University Press. In 2007 she earned an MFA from Bard College. She is also a co-founder of the online audio journal textsound. You can read her blog at living is happening.

Laura Wetherington is a writer, teacher, and massage therapist. You can find her work in Bombay Gin, 21 Stars Review, and Starfish Poetry. She lives in Ann Arbor.

EVENTS 2007-2008

PAST EVENTS

April 2 JOSIE KEARNS/DANIELLE LAVAQUE/JOE MATUZAK

Originally from Flint, Josie Kearns and Joe Matuzak are poets who will remind you why you go to live word events. Both recipients of multiple Creative Artist Grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts, Josie has also won an NEA; she’s the author of New Numbers and Life After the Line, and her work is highly anthologized. Joe’s work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, and he is the former director of ArtsWire (NY Foundation for the Arts). Danielle LaVaque-Manty’s stories have appeared in Glimmer Train and Northwest Review. She earned an MFA at Ohio State (and rumor has it she’s got something to say about women in science and technology via the UM Press). It’s been a great ride with rapids and rock star writers, but the best thing about WIP has been the audience. Last ship sails at 7.




MARCH EVENTS

/march 5/ STEVE WOODWARD and DELIA DECOURCY

Two new fiction writers in cahoots with shifty names and malfunctioning families, full of stories you haven’t heard. Delia hails from the mountains of Virginia, where things don’t always work right. In this picture, Steve has parked an unreliable truck in white space. We think that means Minnesota.

/march 26/ JENNIFER METSKER and DAVE KARCZYNSKI CANCELLED

Jennifer Metsker (painter and poet) is currently working on a series called “Better Off Without,” and teaching at the University of Michigan. Dave Karczynski will be reading an excerpt from his novel-in-progress, Kanadia, a metaphysical picaresque set in a fictional country located to the north of the United States, more or less.




PAST EVENTS 2007-2008

OCTOBER EVENTS

October 3 Cyan James and Ben Gunsberg
October 17 OLEANDER reads
October 31 Tina Ballon and Michael Kocinski


NOVEMBER EVENTS

November 7 Smith Smith Kerman & Rotary
November 14 Vievee Francis and Matthew Olzmann
November 28 Robert Fanning and Terry Blackhawk


DECEMBER EVENTS

December 5 Scott Beal and the Neutral Zone: Short Story Workshop
December 12 Laura Wetherington and Anna Vitale

JANUARY EVENTS

January 9 Anya Cobler and Michael Shilling
January 23 Steve Gillis and Matt Bell

FEBRUARY EVENTS

February 6 Jeremy Heartberg and Megan Levad

February 20 Greg Schutz and Tiana Kahakauwila