National Poetry Month

The risks, known and unknown, of electrifying the US auto industry. Meet Michigan's first poet laureate since 1959. And the growing stress of post-pandemic preschoolers.

Today, on Stateside, an impending crisis among Michigan’s home care workforce and others in direct care. Plus, what the Supreme Court's ruling on Juvenile…

April is National Poetry Month. Thang Lian is a poet and a senior at East Kentwood High School near Grand Rapids. He recently won the Alliance for Young…

April is National Poetry Month, and today marks the birth and death of two figures who proved words could change politics, culture and art: Dr. Maya…

Christine Rhein is the author of Wild Flight (Texas Tech University Press), a winner of the Walt McDonald Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in many…

From a drive along Trumbull Avenue in 1981, to a despairing young mother in the depths of the Depression, to the backyard ice rink of a boyhood home.These…

All through April, in honor of National Poetry Month, we’ve been exploring Michigan’s poets with our series "Poetically Speaking."But now, we turn to…

The Next IdeaThis summer, as the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise hits movie theaters, we’ll be confronted with a larger-than-life,…

Margaret Noodin has made it her life’s work to fight for the future of the ancient Native American language Anishnaabemowin.This is the language of “the…

As part of our series Poetically Speaking, Scott Beal brings us “American Spring,” his brand-new poem that explores the current tensions surrounding…