Tag: Detroit Stories Quarterly

Written by Keith Owens, co-founder of Detroit Stories Quarterly You’re not supposed to go out on the Riverwalk at night which, of course, is why we went. I and Little Sister. Because, the best way to make sure that a kid will do something is to tell that kid not to...

Written by Keith Owens, co-founder of Detroit Stories Quarterly 6:51 p.m., 2021  New Year's Eve So Bobby and I are supposed to go to this party with a buncha folks that he knows (probably ain’t been for longer than a week) who told him this was the place to be for New Year’s....

Written by Keith Owens, co-founder of Detroit Stories Quarterly         In 1941 the Birwood Wall was built in Detroit. The purpose of that wall, which was built by white Detroiters, was to keep the Black neighborhoods separate from the white neighborhoods. So segregation. But the wall was also built because...