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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