of Anthropology, will be on hand to sign books and share refreshments. They show how language and culture - and anthropology itself - are continuouslycreatedandrecreatedindialogues. In this collection of essays, 13 prominent anthropofogists reformulate the idea of culture. BRUCE MANNHEIM celebrates publication of 'The Dialogic Emergence of Culture,' which he coedited with Dennis Tedlock. Ken Cormier, 481-9101 5 Tuesday Publication Celebration: Shaman Drum 4-6pm.315S. And Ann Arbor's NATHALIE PETERSON reads from her whacked-out collection of way-out stuff. responded as follows: 'Neurotic Jew tells true tall tales and reviews movies not yet made.' RAÚL SMITH spent most of nis time in New York City and Brazil before coming to Michigan, and he began writing poetry and prose out of a sense of isolation in the Midwest.

RACHEL PASTER, when asked to describe her writing. 662-7407 4 Monday Writers Series: Guild House 8:30 pm, 802 Monroe. Blocksma, who lives on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan where she conducts writing workshops, will be on hand after the talk to sign books and share refreshments. Lawrence Seaway to the Boundary Waters of Minnesota,' documents her solo travels along 5,000 miles of northern coastline. 'The Fourth Coast: Exploring the Great Lakes Coastline from the St. MARY BLOCKSMA, a widely published Michigan author, speaks aboutimprovisation as a spiritual path. from Maurice Sendak's book 'Really Rosie,' will teil the story of the little girl who has a vivid imagination. 665-9889 2 Saturday Children's Hour: Borders 11 am, 61 2 E. featuring three Detroit poets: Maurice Greenia. 662-7407 'First Fndays'Poetry: Galerie Jacques 8:30 pm, 616 Wesley. ' Rendleman, a lecturerin the English Department atUM Flint, will be on hand to sign books and share refreshments. DANNYRENDLEMAN reads from his new collection of poems 'The Middle West,' which has been praised by author Charles Baxter for ts 'compassion and tenderness, its ability to look at the unforgiving nature of our contemporary urban lives. 1 Friday Publication Celebration: Shaman Drum 8pm,315S. SendyourLiteraryEvents for theJanuary issue of AGENDA by December 15 to: AGENDA, 220 S Main Si.

Great Lakes Nature by Mary Blocksma