Write A House

12/13/2018

It's end of year giving time! We're proud of the progress we made on our duplex in 2018 and we're looking forward to seeing this property transformed in 2019. While it is a big project no donation is too small to be meaningful. Please consider giving $5, $10, $15 to help us see this one through, as we did our Banglatown properties.

Over three years, Write A House rehabilitated three vacant homes for three writers in Detroit’s Banglatown neighborhood, on the city’s near east side. These homes may have very well had different fates. In 2011, the city was in the throes of America’s housing crisis. Thousands of properties ch...

09/18/2018

Want to improve your skills writing about place? Detroit-based author Courtney Balestier's has an online workshop next month through Catapult.

Each session will consider one point of view with a reading, lecture, and group discussion, culminating in a final writing exercise. Our goal is to explore how to use the full extent of a place—its physical, emotional, and psychological elements—to better effect in our own writing.

“Each of us is an atlas of sorts,” Rebecca Solnit wrote. Place, then—where we are, where we've been, where we are going—is crucial to our writing....

08/06/2018

WOW! Thanks so much to Sarah and her student friends that pulled off this little fundraiser and surprise check for us through Blaze Pizza. This made our week.

07/16/2018

If you are shopping today, or any other day, consider registering us as your amazon charity so we get a small donation (they add up!) for your eligible purchases.

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06/07/2018

Bon Appétit Magazine has a great story by our second awardee, Liana, about becoming a home owner, and a home chef, in Detroit.

After years of reporting stints in and out of the country, I had a home and kitchen of my own.

05/09/2018

We have some exciting news to share about the future of our program thanks to support from The Kresge Foundation.

2017 was challenging year for us, one in which we did not award any new residencies. However it was a productive time to look at our vision and create a plan for more sustainable funding that would impact the lives of more writers. With a new mission in 2018 to grow a thriving community of writers in Detroit we are excited to get back to work on renovating housing and designing programs that help emerging writers expand their careers.

Write A House is pleased to announce that on May 31, we will be the recipients of a $75,000 grant to build a new vision of a writer’s residency in the North End of Detroit from The Kresge Foundation. Earlier this year, we re-wrote our mission statement to “grow a thriving community of writers in...

05/04/2018

Saturday May 11 at Bank Suey, check out this reading series with treats from Bon Bon Bon

04/24/2018

Want to help kids? 826 Michigan is looking for volunteers for a couple of in-school projects coming up in May. They would be grateful for your support in Detroit!

Voyageur, 12 grade, Tuesdays (5/8 - 5/29) 8:30am - 10:30am
Cass, 9th grade, Fridays (5/11 - 6/8) 8am - 10am
Bunche, 4th grade, Mondays (5/7 - 5/21) Time -To be determined

They ask that volunteers spend some time workshopping with students (usually during the revision process) in small or 1-on-1 groups. Students love to hear about how and why artists do what they do. Email [email protected] for more info.

Young creative thinkers across our three cities inspire us each day through thoughtful writing, working together with classmates, getting to know students in other cities, showing tutors that they have what it takes to see a project through and welcoming help along the way.

With your help, indeed all 3,265 of them are on their way to building a better world. Will you join us and make a meaningful contribution this year to fuel students' academic and creative power in 2018? A gift in any amount makes an impact. If you so choose, donate here: 826michigan.org/donate.

04/23/2018

Support the tutoring work of 826 Michigan in Detroit!

FRIENDS! Thank you all for supporting our 2018 Probility Ann Arbor Marathon fundraiser! We're lacing up our running shoes (did you think robots run barefoot?) and getting ready for race day, May 20th! Today, we're excited to share our fifth runner-- our Detroit program manager Brandan Pierce!

A Michigander through and through, Brandan absolutely loves the Detroit Red Wings. “The thing I have loved the longest in my life,” he says, “other than family, is hockey.” Born and raised in Clawson, Michigan, Brandan now lives in southwest Detroit, where he plays hockey, quotes The Simpsons, and hangs out with a pug named Harvey. His journey with 826michigan began over six years ago, when he served the organization as a volunteer tutor. This fall, Brandan is leaving 826michigan for graduate school in Ann Arbor. In honor of all the great work Brandan has done these six years, donate to him here! https://runsignup.com/brandansroborun

04/18/2018

Our first three houses in Detroit are in Banglatown, an area of Detroit where Global Detroit has been working to increase opportunities for immigrants and organizing neighborhood clean up days. If you can give please consider supporting them!

Building an economy where everyone has access.

04/05/2018

Save the date! Colson Whitehead will be speaking at Marygrove on April 13. Our friends at The Tuxedo Project Detroit have been getting ready all month with an Underground Railroad book club. If you have not already, get a copy of the book (Pages Bookshop is a great local option) and we will see you at the talk.

It's gonna be a busy week here at The Tuxedo Project: We kick off a new creative writing workshop at Marygrove on Thursday AND a reading & discussion group of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad right here at the house this weekend. Will you be joining us? Details & sign up here: https://t.e2ma.net/message/5lhnmd/hb5zrib

03/29/2018

Honored to be included in this list! Thanks so much to Jo Lou!

If you’re having trouble getting work done at home, why not try writing in a boat, castle, vineyard, or fish factory?