(November event is the 5th Wednesday because of the Thanksgiving holiday)
Bob Brill writes fiction and poetry. His novellas, short stories and 150 poems have appeared in over 45 print journals, online magazines, and anthologies. His most recent publications are 2 poems in Water Music: The Great Lakes State Poetry Anthology, and his first book of poems, Hello Goodbye, Selected Poems.
Marilyn Churchill is a visual artist and poet who packs stunning pictures and words into her new book Memory Stones. Her poetry has been published in many journals, most recently in Third Wednesday and Peninsula Poets, and she has won prizes for poetry and fiction in Current Magazine contests.
Gerry LaFemina holds an MFA in Poetry from Western Michigan University as well as an MA in Literature with an emphasis on Twentieth-century Literature from W.M.U. He has taught at Nazareth College, Kirtland Community College, West Virginia University, Wheeling Jesuit University and Sarah Lawrence College. He directs the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at Frostburg State University, where he is an Associate Professor of English.
Readings begin a 7 PM. There may be time for limited open mic readers.
Robert Haight
was born in Detroit and has published three poetry collections: Feeding
Wild Birds, Emergences and Spinner Falls, and Water Music.
His essays and articles on fly fishing, the environment, education and spirituality have appeared in many anthologies and magazines. He
teaches at Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Joy Gaines-Friedler
has poems published in over 50 national and international literary
journals. A Pushcart nominee, she has received many awards, including
The Litchfield Review Poetry Prize. Author of two full-length collections, Like Vapor and Dutiful Heart, Joy teaches creative writing for non-profits in the Detroit area and throughout Michigan.
Event begins at 7:00 PM and will be followed by an open Mic.
Leah Zazulyer has published her poetry in The World Is a Wedding, Round Trip Year, and Songs
the Zazulya Sang. She will read from As Long As We Are Not Alone, her new book of translations from Yiddish by poet Israel Emiot, a Soviet refugee who lived in the U.S. until 1978.
Mitzi Alvin is author of poetry collections, Evidence to the Contrary
and Again. She has had poems in Passager, Great Midwestern Quarterly, Peninsula Poets, and Abandon Automobile—poems celebrating Deroit’s 300th Anniversary. Her poems are “jewels of loss and renewal that stir the heart and mind with their quiet ardor.”
Event Begins at 7:00 PM and is followed by an open mic.
Jennifer Feeley has had her poetry and translations from Chinese published in Field, Epiphany, Tinfish, and in anthologies. She translated Not Written Words: Selected Poems of Xi Xi (2016). Xi Xi is one of Hong Kong’s most prolific authors; this is the first book of her poems translated into English.
7:00 PM – 8:45 PM • Wednesday, July 27, 2016
114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor http://crazywisdom.net
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • All writers welcome • Read your own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m. • Poetry Series hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, & Dave Jibson.
R. J. Fox, a graduate of UM, has been published in over 30 literary magazines. He teaches at Ann Arbor’s Huron High School, where he uses his own writing dream to inspire his students to follow their own dreams. His website is www.foxplots.com. Follow him on Twitter @foxwriter
7:00 PM – 8:45 PM • Wednesday, June 22, 2016
114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor http://crazywisdom.net
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • All writers welcome • Read your own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m. • Poetry Series readings every fourth Wednesday hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, & Dave Jibson.
Donald Levin is author of the Martin Preuss mystery series; a novel, The House of Grins; two poetry chapbooks; short fiction and poetry; and articles on film and composition. Professor emeritus of English and retired dean of faculty at Marygrove College. He lives in Ferndale, Michigan with his artist wife, Suzanne Allen.
7:00 PM – 8:45 PM • Wednesday, May 25, 2016
114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor http://crazywisdom.net
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • All writers welcome • Read your own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m. • Poetry Series readings every fourth Wednesday hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, & Dave Jibson.
John Rybicki has had stories, poems, and essays in Poetry, Ploughshares,American Poetry Review, Ecotone, and in The Best American Poetry andPushcart Prize anthologies. His latest book of poems is When All the World is Old. He teaches poetry writing in Detroit High Schools through the InsideOut Literary Arts Project.
7:00 PM – 8:45 PM • Wednesday, April 27, 2016
114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor http://crazywisdom.net
Featured reader is followed by Open Mic reading. • All writers welcome • Read your own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m. • Poetry Series readings every fourth Wednesday hosted by Joe Kelty, Ed Morin, & Dave Jibson.
Diane Wakoski won the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Prize with her selected poems, Emerald Ice. Most recent of her more than 20 poetry collections is Bay of Angels (Anhinga Press, 2013). Now retired, Wakoski was Poet In Residence and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, 1975-2012.
Leah Zazulyer has published her poetry in The World Is a Wedding, Round Trip Year, and Songs
Crazy Wisdom Poetry Circle 