michigan poets

On this shamrock-filled episode of Stateside, we discuss the NCAA basketball bracketology as we prepare for March Madness. We also revisit a conversation with a Detroit-based poet and visual artist whose book explores the boldness of Black Detroit. Lastly, we engage in a conversation with a professor who seeks to expand our understanding of the individuals who influenced American country music.

First, the funding future for the Department of Natural Resources. Next, a look at snowmobiling in Michigan. Then, a conversation with Michigan’s newest Poet Laureate: Melba Boyd. Plus, a glimpse of an incredibly rare bird.

Detroit poet Brittany Rogers talked to Stateside about her recently published collection of poetry — a non-traditional coming-of-age book exploring Black womanhood.

Billboards highlighting works by some Michigan poets are planned to go up along some roads in the state this fall.

Today, how millions in emergency funding intended for Michigan restaurants were misspent during the pandemic. Also, a journey of mourning that brought West Michigan poet Marcel Price to a new creative place. Plus, advocate Dee Dee Taylor talks about helping Michiganders transition out of incarceration, through the lens of her own father’s experience.

April is poetry month! We spoke with Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer and best-selling poet and essayist Ross Gay.

The EPA moves a step closer to cleaning up a toxic plume spreading underneath Ann Arbor, Detroit Youth Poetry Convention taking place this weekend, and bring traditional Sudanese drink Hilo Mur to Michigan

The significance of the mother of the Oxford school shooter's verdict, a poet drawing influence from Indian and Jewish traditions, and a community focused on more humane ways of controlling deer populations.

More back and forth between leadership in the Michigan GOP, a conversation with poet Keith Taylor about his latest publication, and an Ann Arbor school board member explains their resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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