F2633 Mapping Detroit in Literature III: Homes and Neighborhoods
Class | Registration opens Monday, September 14, 2026 10:00 AM EDT
Detroit’s writers use the city’s homes and neighborhoods to represent connection to place, awareness of social class, and threats posed by deindustrialization, suburbanization, and urban renewal. This session will map the literature of Paradise Valley, Conant Gardens, Dexter-Davison, Mexican Town, and the Live6 (Livernois-McNichols) communities. Among the writers discussed: Robert Hayden, Toi Derricotte, Philip Levine, Stephen Mack Jones, Naomi Long Madgett, Joyce Carol Oates, and Alice Randall.
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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.”