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Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey talk to students learning poetry through InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that brings writers to public schools. Photo by Reid Riddell

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Natasha Tretheway talks to a student at Detroit’s InsideOut literary arts project. Photo by Reid Riddell.

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