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Writer-in-Residence Stories

  • Jassmine Parks
    Jassmine Parks

    Jassmine Parks

    Writers In Residence

Jassmine Parks

Jassmine Parks Writer-in-Residence "BookUp is not simply a reading group. BookUp is the emotional process of bridging students to books, to each other, to the world around them and to themselves." Writer-in-Residence Jassmine Parks led middle school students through many stories this year. A [...]

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    Kyle Hunt

    Kyle Hunt

    Writers In Residence

Kyle Hunt

Kyle Hunt Writer-in-Residence “The [InsideOut] program not only opened them up creatively, giving them the freedom and permission to be ‘weird,’ but I also think our time together relaxed them a bit. I saw improvement in the way they treated each other.”     [...]

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  • Benjamin Turner

    Benjamin Turner

    Writers In Residence

Benjamin Turner

Benjamin Turner Writer-in-Residence "I was equally concerned with guiding them professionally in writing, as I was concerned with giving them the space to be their own professional guides. Then, by calling attention to that budding skill set, I feel like we were able to pinpoint and excavate [...]

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  • Student Poets Detroit
    Megan Stockton

    Megan Stockton

    Writers In Residence

Megan Stockton

Megan Stockton Writer-in-Residence “Sometimes [ELL] students are more hesitant to speak up in class as they are working between languages, and it is amazing to see their voice come out in a poem.” Megan’s time as a Writer-in-Residence has allowed her [...]

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  • Student Poets Detroit
    Shawntai Brown

    Shawntai Brown

    Writers In Residence

Shawntai Brown

Shawntai Brown Writer-in-Residence “Students cheered when it was time for poetry. They were eager to share, and they were sad when the residency ended.” When Shawntai was a student in school, she experienced InsideOut as a young writer. Now she is an InsideOut Writer-in-Residence [...]

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  • Student Poets Detroit
    Audra Kubat

    Audra Kubat

    Writers In Residence

Audra Kubat

Audra Kubat Writer-in-Residence “I saw growth in many of the students’ confidence in speaking and reading in front of each other.” Audra, an accomplished singer-songwriter, uses her love of and experience with music in her creative writing pedagogy as a Writer-in-Residence with InsideOut. Oftentimes, [...]

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