InsideOut At Home is our way of ensuring youth, families and educators have access to quality content to continue to engage, inspire and frame this changing world. These creative writing lessons provide ways for participants to grow as writers and as people–addressing their social and […]

In January 2020, InsideOut Literary Arts entered its 25th year of service to our community. Since 1995 over 60,000 youth, in and out of school, have benefitted from our programs, and we’ve seen both the impact and the need, grow. To celebrate this milestone year, […]

How to create just the right wind conditions for a porch-watching-worthy storm of youth voice. InsideOut is up and running in 25 schools in Detroit and the surrounding area! All this magic was kicked off at orientation in October where 19 Writers-in-Residence gathered for a […]

I am standing in front of the blackboard, my arms sticking out in front of me, my hands balled up into fists. “I am holding,” I say, “in just one of my hands,” I add, and pause, I sigh, all for dramatic effect, “something very […]