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Author Peter Markus Talks New Book on Teaching Poetry in Detroit Schools

Shelby Jouppi April 11, 2017

Courtesy of Peter Markus Author Peter Markus has spent the last two decades as an Artist in Residence with InsideOut...

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InsideOut Youth Poets
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Detroit Youth Poets Perform MLK Remembrance Poem

Station Programming January 19, 2015

WDET Every year teen poets from the InsideOut Literary Arts Project write and perform a poem about race, society and civil rights,...

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Brave New Voices, Terrel S. Morrow
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Youth Poet on the Strength and Frustration of “Detroit”

Station Programming August 11, 2014

In our continuing series “Inheriting Detroit," which looks at aspects of life in Detroit through the eyes of youth poets,...

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Youth Poet on “Lumberjacks” and Family Trees

Station Programming June 13, 2014

This Sunday is Father’s Day. More than 10 percent of households with children in Detroit are headed up by single...

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Parent and child holding hand
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Youth Poet Celebrates a “Sacred Woman”

Station Programming May 9, 2014

This Sunday is Mother's Day. Motherhood is particularly significant in the city of Detroit, where about 60 percent of households with children...

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Brave New Voices team
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The Continuum: Detroit’s Youth Poets Bring Positive Message Home

Laura Weber-Davis August 12, 2013

Detroit’s team of young poets return from an international poetry slam in Chicago over the weekend. WDET’s Laura Weber Davis...

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Brave New Voices: Meet The Team!

Station Programming July 31, 2013

The 2013 Slam Team is comprised of members of iO's award-winning after-school program Citywide Poets along with youth poets who...

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Justin Rogers youth poet
  • Brave New Voices
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“Keep Going, Keep Creating” Through Poetry

Laura Weber-Davis July 17, 2013

On August 7th, Detroit’s youth poetry slam team travels to Chicago for Brave New Voices-- the international youth poetry slam festival....

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Local Youth Poet Talks About “Church Folk”

Station Programming April 13, 2013

Churchgoers throughout the region will flood local places of worship this Easter Sunday. There are hundreds of churches of all...

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