5 Stories for 25 Years: Jasmine Dorsey
2000-2005: Jasmine Dorsey "This program is the reason I graduated high school.” I didn’t belong to any crew or group in high school because I always felt so different. I always felt alone because I felt too mature to even have friends in high [...]
5 Stories for 25 Years: Michael R. Jackson
1995-2000: Michael R. Jackson “Literally every aspect of my writing career came because a teacher encouraged me." Photo Credit: Zack DeZon I’m Michael R. Jackson, and I’m from Detroit, Michigan. I grew up on the west side of Detroit, right off the Southfield Freeway. [...]
Sakila Islam
Writer-in-Residence Program, Detroit International Academy for Young Women & Citywide Poets “Knowing all I need is a pen and paper to go from a seventh-grader who liked poems to performing at the White House has made me appreciate just how much a little push [...]