S2534 Mapping Detroit in Literature I: Landmarks and Gathering Spaces
Class | Registration opens Monday, March 10, 2025 10:00 AM EST
In fiction, poetry, and film, Detroit landmarks and gathering spaces become codes for Detroiters’ collective experiences and histories. Attendees will examine Belle Isle, Tiger Stadium, Hudson's, and the Eastern Market in poems, short stories, and novels. The climactic Scott Fountain scene in the film Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, will also be discussed.
In-Person & Broadcast (Hybrid) - Not Recorded
Frank D Rashid
A lifelong Detroiter, Frank Rashid is Professor Emeritus of English and a founding member of the Institute for Detroit Studies at Marygrove College (now the Marygrove Conservancy). He edits the online Literary Map of Detroit and has published on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Robert Hayden, and Lawrence Joseph, and on Detroit literature, culture, and politics. He is co-editor of “Tiger Stadium: Essays and Memories of Detroit’s Historic Ballpark.”