A snobberie, a soire, a sassy fashion gathering, a sip, a shop and a salute -- all of this, as well as a whole lot of poetry, will be going on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. in Rachel Lutz's remarkable Peacock Room in Detroit's Park...
Posted January 30, 2012 | 01/30/12 12:07 PM ET
Like the rest of the Detroit arts community, we at InsideOut Literary Arts gave a collective cheer at Friday's news that Naomi Long Madgett was awarded the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist Award. At 88, and going strong, Ms. Madgett continues to be a powerful, generous force for poetry...
Posted December 12, 2011 | 12/12/11 04:07 PM ET
At InsideOut Literary Arts Project we witness each day the way the voices of Detroit's young people reshape and strengthen our community. The backbone of InsideOut is a cadre of dedicated creative writers who, year after year, in classrooms all across Detroit, put pencils into children's hands to help them...
Posted November 21, 2011 | 11/21/11 06:49 PM ET
Seventeen years ago, on an otherwise unremarkable summer afternoon, Hollywood filmmaker Bob Shaye changed my life. Shaye, a Detroit native and supporter of my foray into poetry activism with Detroit youth, sent me a letter suggesting that going citywide with my work would be a "supremely valuable cultural goal.'' Since...
Posted February 22, 2012 | 02/22/12 02:43 PM ET