“I am honored and excited being named the poet laureate of Michigan,” Boyd ... of Michigan as a Notable Book in 2013; "Muse: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press," which earned the 2005 ...

Boyd is an award-winning author and retired professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University.

As Michigan's poet laureate, Boyd will travel the state ... by the Library of Michigan as a Notable Book in 2013; "Muse: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press," which earned the 2005 Honor ...