S2632 Mapping Detroit in Literature II: Streets and Roads
Class | Registration opens Monday, March 16, 2026 10:00 AM EDT
Public transit and automobiles open new ways to explore a city, uncovering communities, people, and experiences. In Detroit, movement itself has inspired novelists and poets to find meaning in the city’s streets. This session takes participants on a literary tour of Detroit routes, guided by the works of Joyce Carol Oates, Harriette Arnow, Lawrence Joseph, Philip Levine, Alice Randall, and Jeffrey Eugenides, revealing how travel through the city shapes storytelling and deepens understanding of its culture and history.
Hybrid (In-person at the Hawk with a Zoom option)
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.”