Check out our [River Poetry Contest](https://insideoutdetroit.org/poetryforthepeople/) for youth and adults! Submissions due 8/22.
Check out our [River Poetry Contest](https://insideoutdetroit.org/poetryforthepeople/) for youth and adults! Submissions due 8/22.
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Writer-in-Residence Stories

  • Creative Writing Poet Program
    Peter Markus

    Peter Markus

    Writers In Residence

Peter Markus

Peter Markus Senior Writer What I found, in teaching this workshop, is that poetry is something that matters, that helps us make sense, that gives us the permission to say what we might not otherwise say. Senior Writer Peter Markus has worked with youth [...]

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  • Suzanne Honda

    Suzanne Honda

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Suzanne Honda

Suzanne Honda Writer-in-Residence One of my writers said, 'This sets my whole week up right.' That became our mantra, our through line. It was the participants’ commitment to showing up, the generous trust they put in me, and the kindness they showed to one [...]

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  • Daniella Tootsie-Watson

    Daniella Tootsie-Watson

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Daniella Tootsie-Watson

Daniella Tootsie-Watson Writer-in-Residence  InsideOut's Writer-in-Residence Program gives students a space to be reminded of their power. Daniella is a Writer-in-Residence who brings her background as a poet, visual artist and educator to her work with elementary school students through InsideOut. Beginning as a University [...]

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  • Mahogany Jones

    Mahogany Jones

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Mahogany Jones

Mahogany Jones Writer-in-Residence  Even before COVID-19, the spaces that InsideOut and Citywide Poets carves out of time are magical. With our experiences and creativity we get to shape alternate worlds where we are beautiful and powerful and unashamed and far from average. Recording and [...]

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  • Poetry Program
    Catharine Batsios

    Catharine Batsios

    Writers In Residence

Catharine Batsios

Catharine Batsios Writer-in-Residence  I want every one of my students to have the weekly reminder that their thoughts are rich, robust, & their brains are unique, & always good enough. Catharine, a poet originally from Flint, Michigan, is a Writer-in-Residence and Citywide Poets Site [...]

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  • Rey Hinojosa

    Rey Hinojosa

    Writers In Residence

Rey Hinojosa

Rey Hinojosa Writer-in-Residence There are a lot of reasons for students to tune out or seem uninspired. The real key is for me, the teaching artist, to be a lighthouse, steady in shining the light for them to come to shore if they can. [...]

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