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  • On today's show, we remembered the victims of the Monday night shooting at Michigan State University and spoke to a gun violence researcher. Plus, Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd joined to speak about her work and poetry.
  • Today on Stateside, we caught up with poet Keith Taylor to get his three favorite reads from Michigan writers. Then, we revisited our conversation with writer Desiree Cooper and Kalamazoo poet Diane Seuss who won a Pulitzer Prize this year.
  • Marcel "Fable" Price, a former poet laureate of Grand Rapids, launches a housing development project that aims to set up residents for long-term success.
  • On today's show, an attorney spoke about cannabis decriminalization, and the team behind Quality Scary talked all things horror. Plus, a chat about puppetry and poetry.
  • We discussed the news that pharmacists will now be able to prescribe birth control. Then we heard from our friends at Points North about the Camp Grayling training facility . After that we turned to some poetry about butterflies. We ended with a conversation about the Washtenaw County Courthouse Art exhibit.
  • Today on Stateside, a reporter from MLive discussed the importance of Michigan's Eagle Mine. Then, poet Frances Kai-Hwa Wang dished on her latest poetry collection. Plus, part one of the IPR Points North series on crude oil catastrophes in Michigan.
  • Kalamazoo-based poet Diane Seuss has been writing acclaimed works of literature for decades, and this month she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her evocative memoir, frank:sonnets.
  • On today’s show, we discussed what took place at the recent Livingston County Republican Lincoln Day dinner, and talked with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Diane Seuss. Plus, reporter Dustin Walsh joined to talk IVF under Roe v. Wade and baby formula supplies, and lastly Cheers! returned with a new spring-time libation.
  • Internal drama in the Michigan GOP between traditional conservatives and Trump loyalists. Lebanese American poet Kamelya Omayma Youssef on what makes her tick. The Detroit Free Press’ Freep Film Festival kicks off with “America You Kill Me," which focuses on LGBTQ+ activist Jeffrey Montgomery.
  • How one local health official decided to spend COVID funds. Metro-Detroit poet discussed his latest work. Just how expensive has political petition gathering got?