poetry

Award-winning Michigan poet Jack Ridl has a new collection out called "Saint Peter and the Goldfinch." Our reviewer Keith Taylor says the West Michigan…

Today on Stateside, a Saginaw case led to a federal appeals court ruling that chalking tires to track how long a car has been parked is unconstitutional.…

In her new collection of poems, Goodbye Toothless House, Michigan writer Kelly Fordon takes aim at the idealized facade of marriage and motherhood. Ann…

An original copy of a manual exploring African-American life in early 20th century Michigan. Poetry from African-American literati printed on one-page…

At the Library of Congress later this month, five teenagers from across the country will be honored as National Student Poets.Among those five is Darius…

From 2005-2007, Patricia Clark was the poet laureate of Grand Rapids. Now, she's a poet-in-residence and professor in the Department of Writing at Grand…

A group of high school and middle school students in Muskegon have recently discovered the power of poetry. That’s thanks to an after school workshop led…

Poetry can be a powerful tool for expressing yourself.That's certainly the case for James Scarborough and Ciera Dozier from Arts Academy in the Woods, a…

Some teachers at Orchard View High School in Muskegon say that the media paints their city as a place riddled with gun violence, bad public schools, and…

Hajjar Baban is the 2017 Detroit Youth Poet Laureate. She was also a finalist in the 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate Program.Baban joined Stateside…