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Detroit native Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd named Michigan’s third-ever poet laureate
Detroit native Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd has been named Michigan’s new poet laureate. She is the third person to be appointed to the role. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson sat down with Boyd to talk about the power of poetry, what her new position as Michigan Poet Laureate entails, and what influences her own writings. Plus, Boyd reads one of her Detroit-centric poems, “Stage Black.”
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