All the news…take one
Dear friends, As one of the many MILLIONS of American women who have had an abortion, I am of course appalled by the latest from SCOTUS: the anti-witch “precedent” cited Continue Reading →
One Less River, new from Terry
In One Less River, Terry Blackhawk follows Hafiz’s injunction to ‘Greet yourself/In your thousand other forms/As you mount the hidden tide and travel/Home.’ Hafiz, through this epigraph, serves her well. The Continue Reading →
Interview with Playwright Ron Milner
When Aretha Franklin died this summer and we who loved her were awash in all things Aretha, I found myself remembering an afternoon at the Detroit Festival of the Arts Continue Reading →
Terry Blackhawk Honored for Education Activism in Detroit
On August 24th, InsideOut Literary Arts Project will honor founder Terry Blackhawk for her visionary work in Detroit Public Schools. This fundraising event, Share the Light, will support education programs Continue Reading →
A Rally of Writers
I will be the keynote speaker at A Rally of Writers on April 14, 2018. “Rally is the warmest, longest-running conference in Michigan. Great speakers, Continue Reading →
Poet as Muse CD Available
The CD recording of the Poet as Muse concert is now available online from Arkiv Music. This is an album of works of the 20th Century for Flute, Clarinet, and Continue Reading →
Poet as Muse: Music for Flute, Clarinet & Voice – Concert
I will be joining a talented group of performers in a concert called “Poet As Muse” with poets Jeffrey Bean and Robert Fanning and musicians Tracy Watson, Joanna Cowan, Kennen Continue Reading →
New chapbook from Terry
The Whisk & Whir of Wings An avid birder as well as an accomplished poet, Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellow Terry Blackhawk has selected favorite “bird poems” from her Continue Reading →
The Passing of the Gavel
for the Honorable Denise Page Hood, with gratitude for her service to the children of Detroit on the InsideOut Literary Arts Project Board of Directors If the trees inspire your Continue Reading →
Detroit Portrait Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 8, 2015 DETROIT PORTRAIT SERIES: POETS AND PUBLISHERS MURAL INSTALLATION AT EASTERN MARKET WITH READINGS FROM LEGENDARY DETROIT AREA WRITERS & POETS: Naomi Long Madgett, Continue Reading →