NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 33

oppressed or persecuted.
“It doesn’
t mean he has to
go out and fight every battle
under the sun, but I think he
has to help fight some. It’
s up
to him to pick what those are,
but I do think that is intrin-
sically tied to the part of him
that’
s Jewish.
”
When he has not been
writing, Black has been fea-
tured through different media.
His TV credits include The
Jim Gaffigan Show, Another
Period and Wet Hot American
Summer: Ten Years Later.
Accustomed to appearing on
stages across the country, he
recalls Michigan stops at the
Traverse City Film Festival and
Ann Arbor’
s The Blind Pig.
With the restrictions of the
pandemic, Black is continuing
with a podcast (patreon.com/
MichaelIanBlack) that has him

reading a classic book and
interrupting with personal
comments — funny and not-
so-funny. The current selection
is Mary Shelley’
s Frankenstein.
“I’
ve learned from my son
that however we think we’
re
going to be parenting when
our babies are born turns out
how we’
re not going to be par-
enting,
” he said. “Our children
will tell us who they are, and
whatever expectations we may
have will inevitably be upend-
ed by their personalities and
the persons that they are.
”

Michael Ian Black’s original presen-

tation for the Detroit Jewish Book

Fair is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3.

For access to this and other original

presentations Dec.1-9, as well as

later viewings, go to culturalarts.

jccdet.org/bookfair, where you can

see the full lineup of authors and

events.

SPECIAL EVENTS

JN Editor Andrew Lapin will be moderating discussions at both
local book events.
On Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m., as part of the Detroit Jewish
Book Fair, he will be in conversation with National Book Award-
winning author Colum McCann to discuss McCann’s acclaimed
novel Apeirogon. The novel delves into the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, based on the real-life stories of Israeli Rami Elhanan and
Palestinian Bassam Aramin, fathers united over the shared grief
of losing their daughters to violence. The talk is presented in
memory of Sheri Schiff (z”l).
On Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m., as part of the Ann Arbor
Jewish Book Festival, Lapin will be in conversation with Wired
editor at large Steven Levy to discuss Levy’s nonfiction book
Facebook: The Inside Story. The book is the definitive biogra-
phy of the social media giant, informed by years of research and
interviews with company founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Registration is encouraged. Visit each event’s respective
website to sign up.

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