IO continued its 17-year tradition of publishing a professional quality literary journal for each school we serve, a total of 28 in 2012. The journals are the culmination of months of reading, writing, revision and more writing, as students work side-by-side with an IO writer-in-residence who guides them  through the literary…

Please join InsideOut Literary Arts as we celebrate our selection as a 2012 recipient of the 14th annual “Closing the Gap” award from New Detroit. The award honors individuals, organizations  and companies whose work exemplifies New Detroit’s commitment to building bridges and extending cultural understanding across racial lines. “Each of this year’s…

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IO is still grateful to the more than 200 people who flocked into The Peacock Room in Midtown Detroit recently in support of our race to capture $25,000 challenge grant from Hollywood movie producer, Bob Shaye. The event, Sonnets, Shopping and Champagne, was co-sponsored by The Peacock Room and Detroit…

At InsideOut Literary Arts Project, we pride ourselves on bringing the best in verse and literary vision to Detroit’s youngest writers. Our roster of writers-in-residence is just one example. Another is Scratch The Page (STP), an annual free workshop/reading series that taps nationally recognized writers to fire up the pens…