InsideOut in the media:

  • A Moment With BLAIR

    Poet David Blair chose to call Motown his home.  He understood the soul of the city, the essence of its edge and he shared his passion for the place and its people in prose and in song. InsideOut is pleased to share a slice of what made his work so meaningful to Detroit.  Please click the link to enjoy BLAIR’s poem, Detroit ( While I Was Away) !

  • Michigan literary network interview with Terry Blackhawk


    Dec. 8, 2010: Terry Blackhawk interviewed on the Mich Lit Radio Show.

  • Terry Blackhawk and CWP alum Lena Cintron on The Craig Fahle Show

    Nov. 4, 2009: From 101.9 WDET: The Inside Out Literary Arts Project has just been given a very prestigious award from the White House (Coming Up Taller Award). We’ll talk with Terry Blackhawk, Founder of Inside Out and Lena Cintron, a recent grad from DPS, now a freshman at U-M.

  • Terry Blackhawk and Peter Markus on the Craig Fahle Show

    Oct. 26, 2010: Terry Blackhawk and Peter Markus are interviewed on the Craig Fahle Show and talk about the upcoming Star by Star Gala honoring Detroit Poet Laureate, Dr. Naomi Long Madgett.

  • Peter Markus in the classroom at Golightly

    Hear InsideOut Writer-in-Residence, Peter Markus, in action at Golightly Elementary. This audio is from WDET’s Star Program post about InsideOut Literary Arts Project, read the full story here.

  • Terry Blackhawk interviewed on Remarkable Women

    May 5, 2010: Our Executive Director and Founder, Terry Blackhawk was interviewed by Florine Mark — host of “Remarkable Women” radio show.

  • Coming Up Taller video about InsideOut's Citywide Poets

  • Coming Up Taller video

  • InsideOut 3rd Graders at Bennett Elementary perform a song they wrote.

  • Coming Up Taller- Michelle Obama quoting InsideOut's Peter Markus


    REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY AT PCAH COMING UP TALLER AWARDS:
    “Ultimately, each of your programs is using achievement in the arts as a bridge to achievement in life. And you see all this every day, each and every one of you working so hard. You see this in your students as they become more confident and more engaged and more willing to take risks and to take responsibility for their futures. You see it when their academic performance improves, when you see improving attitudes and higher GPAs. And you see young people who never saw themselves as college material, you see them getting those acceptance letters and you see them going on to pursue their degrees. So we all know in this room the power of the arts to change young people’s lives.

    But we also know that even though so many young people in this country live just minutes from the centers of culture and power and prestige, many feel that these resources are miles away and very far beyond their reach.

    That’s why we’re working to make the White House a showcase for America’s rich cultural life, and opening the doors of this house to as many of our young people as we can, exposing them to classical music, exposing them to jazz, the spoken word, everything.

    We want to show them that they have a place not just in our museums and in our theaters and in our concert halls, but they have a place in the halls of this White House, as well. We want to show them that they can have a future in the arts community, whether they do it as a hobby or as a profession or simply as an appreciative observer. We want to show them that if they work hard and if they believe in themselves, nothing is beyond their reach.

    And I think one of the professional writers who works with young people through the InsideOut Literary Arts Project in Detroit, Michigan, he put it best when he said something very simple: “If you ask a kid to dream, he’ll dream.””

  • Charles Pugh on the Craig Fahle Show talking about InsideOut

    Dec. 13, 2010: Detroit City Council President, Charles Pugh on the Craig Fahle Show talking about the Emily Dickinson Birthday Bash thrown by InsideOut that they both participated in.

  • Terry Blackhawk interviewed on Comcast Newsmakers

    Nov. 17, 2010: Terry being interviewed on Comcast Newsmakers.

  • InsideOut 5th graders at Bennett Elementary perform a song they wrote.

  • CWP alum William Langford speaks at MSU

    Citywide Poet alum William Langford started the MSU Slam Poetry team and was commissioned to write and perform a poem to celebrate the groundbreaking of the university’s Wells Hall, home to the College of Arts and Letters.

  • InsideOut Channel 56 Big Read PSA