January 22 – Khaled Mattawa has published five books of poems, translated several books of poetry, and edited anthologies of Arab American writing. His Mare Nostrum recently appeared from the Quarternote Chapbook Series of Sarabande Books. He received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2014. He teaches creative writing at U-M and edits Michigan Quarterly Review.
Featured reader is followed by an open mic. All events take place in the Crazy Wisdom Tea Room from 7-8:30 pm.
7-8:45 p.m.: Featured Reader followed by an open Mic reading. All writers welcome to share their own or other favorite poetry. Sign-up begins at 6:45 p.m.
Dennis Hinrichsen served as the first Poet Laureate of the Greater Lansing area from M
ay 2017 to April 2019. His poetry collection, Skin Music, won the 2014 Michael Waters Poetry Prize from Southern Indiana Review Press. His most recent work is [q / lear], a chapbook from Green Linden Press.
All events take place from 7 to 8:45 P.M. in the Tea Room at
The Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
114 South Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48014
7-8:45 p.m.: Featured Reader for 50 minutes, followed by an open Mic reading. All writers welcome to share their own or other favorite poetry. Sign-up begins at 6:45 p.m.
Jenifer DeBellis, M.F.A., is author of the poetry collection Blood Sisters, founding director of aRIFT Warrior Project, and editor of Pink Panther Magazine. She directs the Detroit Writers’ Guild. A former Meadow Brook Writing Project fellow, she teaches writing for Saginaw Valley State University and Macomb Community College.
All events take place from 7 to 8:45 P.M. in the Tea Room at
The Crazy Wisdom Bookstore
114 South Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48014
Crazy Wisdom Poetry Circle 