The Metro: Annual Detroit Youth Poetry Con returns March 9

InsideOut Literary Arts has transformed Detroiters through written and spoken word poetry since 1995. On March 9, the organization is...

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

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

jessica Care moore on Poetry And Creativity In Detroit

Poet and Spoken word performer jessica Care moore was on one of the panels at Motor City Drive, a conversation...

13-year-old Detroit youth poet describes the dreams he has for his neighborhood [Video]

Terry Parris Jr. Meet Eddie. He's 13 and in the 8th grade at Marcus Garvey Academy on the city's east side. Eddie...

Detroit Youth Poets Perform MLK Remembrance Poem

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

Detroit youth poets describe the streets they walk each day

Quintin Pope Four middle school students at Marcus Garvey Academy on the city’s East side shared poems and photographs of...

Youth Poet on the Strength and Frustration of “Detroit”

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

Youth Poet on “Lumberjacks” and Family Trees

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

Youth Poet Celebrates a “Sacred Woman”

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

The Continuum: Detroit’s Youth Poets Bring Positive Message Home

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

Brave New Voices: Meet The Team!

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

“Keep Going, Keep Creating” Through Poetry

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