Elastic and inelastic scattering, one-nucleon transfers [mostly

(^{8}

Li,

{}^{7}{Li}

)] and the

(^{8}

Li,α) fusion-evaporation reaction have been studied on a variety of targets (A=1–58) at E

(^{8}

Li)≊13–20 MeV using the University of Michigan–University of Notre Dame radioactive nuclear beam (RNB) facility. The latter, which produces an energy-resolved (∼500 keV FWHM), focused beam with intensity ≳

10^{6}

{}^{8}{Li}

/s, permitted measurements to selected nuclear levels with cross sections down to approximately 1 mb/sr. Based on the systematics of the measured

{}^{8}{Li}

elastic scattering an appropriate

{}^{8}{Li}

optical potential was deduced. Large inelastic scattering cross sections (and B[E2↑]) are observed for

{}^{8}\to^{8}

{Li}_{0.98}^{*}

. Large cross sections are also observed for the

(^{8}

,^{7}

Li) transfer reaction corresponding to quasielastic (viz., Q≊0) neutron transfer to selected high spin excited levels in the residual nucleus. The

(^{8}

Li,α) fusion-evaporation reaction also appears to be significant and can produce very-high-energy α particles, viz.,

E_{α}

≫

E_{beam}

. Although observed using

{}^{8}{Li}

, these features appear to be important for many RNB-induced reactions and they must be considered, for example, in nucleosyntheis calculations involving

{}^{8}{Li}

and other short-lived radioactive nuclei.

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