Detroit is Different

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  • Latest episode: “My Father’s House, Our Community’s Future: John Conyers III Speaks”
  • Latest episode: ““His Story Had to Be Told”: Shushanna Shakur on Chokwe Lumumba, Family, and Revolutionary Memory”
  • Latest episode: “I Remembered I Wanted to Be a Teacher — Mama Nozibele on Love, Legacy, and Black Education”

Nandi Comer is Michigan’s first Poet Laureate in over 60 years. Her writing is flavored with descriptive adjectives painting pictures of time, place, space, and much more. The Poet Laureate of Michigan has roots in the Shrine of the Black Madonna, found a love of poetry in a Summer Job, Fan of attending Luche Libre Wrestling in Mexico, and is also a friend of Detroit is Different. Her work advocating for, creating, and appreciating art is life-fulfilling. Discover more about Nandi’s background and how her journey has left an impression on her that is now shared amongst the world in poetry.