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Philip Levine, poet (born in Detroit) Thomas Lynch, poet (born in Detroit) Naomi Long Madgett, poet (born in Norfolk, Virginia, raised in East Orange, New Jersey, moved to Detroit and Ypsilanti) Douglas Malloch, poet (born in Muskegon), known as the Lumberman's Poet; Angel Nafis, poet, graduated from Huron High School; John Frederick Nims, poet ...
Naomi Long Madgett (July 5, 1923 – November 5, 2020) was an American poet and publisher. Originally a teacher, she later found fame with her award-winning poems and was also the founder and senior editor of Lotus Press, established in 1972, a publisher of poetry books by black poets.
Free Press Flashback explores the work of Robert Hayden, the celebrated poet who grew up in Detroit's Paradise Valley.
Nandi Comer is an American author and poet. She was appointed as the poet laureate of Michigan in 2023, becoming the state's first poet laureate since the 1950s. Early life and education
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Philip Levine (January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015) was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well.
Don Was, the renowned producer and musician who grew up in metro Detroit, met Sinclair when he was 15, at the opening of the Plum Street arts neighborhood in 1967. Sinclair was wearing a purple ...
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