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Vol. 3 | The Poetry Writing Workshop | Rob Halpern

The Poetry Writing Workshop at Women’s Huron Valley Prison: A DossierThe limit of my language is the limit of my world. – Ludwig WittgensteinWittgenstein’s often cited maxim assumes an entirely …

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Vol. 3 | Shakespeare in Prison | Frannie Shepherd-Bates

Shakespeare in PrisonFrannie Shepherd-BatesPhotography by Cece McGuireJane (this is a pseudonym; prison policy does not allow the use of her real name) joined Shakespeare in Prison because she was bored …

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Vol. 3 | Another City | Francesca Berardi

Another CityFrancesca BerardiTrash, pick it up, don’t throw my life away.New York DollsThe word “waste” comes from the Latin “vastus,” meaning uninhabited or desolate, similar to the term “vanus,” vacant, …

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Vol. 3 | Critical Bunge | Alex B. Hill

Critical Bunge: Reviewing history of a radical geographer’s legacy in DetroitAlex B. HillWhy is William Bunge so little known in the city that made his legacy?A map maker and geography …

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Vol. 3 | The Sound of Detroit | William Bunge

The Sound of Detroit*The Conclusion to Fizgerald: Geography of a RevolutionWilliam BungeThe story of Fitzgerald is not merely a story of war, for Fitzgerald has also fought against war. Nor …

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Vol. 3 | Further Soundings

Further Soundings Vol. 3 | Again | Elysia Vandenbussche Kelly Vol. 3 | Bree Gant | Core Vol. 3 | Bree Gant | On Spirit Vol. 3 | Declaration of …

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Vol. 3 | Picturing Us | Jeff Cancelosi

Picturing UsJeff Cancelosi People always comment on how huge the sky is in Detroit. It’s the wide boulevards and flat, Midwestern landscape that co-mingle for the city’s picturesque sunset vista. …

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Vol. 3 | Detroit 1967: The Division of Labor | Marsha Music

Detroit 1967: The Division of LaborMarsha MusicMy late father, Joe Von Battle, had a record shop that was destroyed in the ’67 Rebellion. In his profound loss and accelerating alcoholism, …

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Vol. 3 | Motor City is Burning | Morgan Meis

Motor City is BurningMorgan MeisJohn Lee Hooker was living in Detroit during the summer of 1967, though he was born in Tutwiler, Mississippi in 1912. Maybe it wasn’t Tutwiler. It …

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Vol. 3 | If Not Now, When…? | Ish Ishmael

If not now, when…?Solidarity and Confrontation in Portland in the Summer of 2020Ish IshmaelA summer of uprisings: Ish Ishmael shares her live recounts An elderly woman sits in a folding …