“There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless.' There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.”
― Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, who was imprisoned for speaking out against the displacement of rural communities in India
Writer-in-Residence Tuhin Das standing in front of House Poem, by Resident poet Huang Xiang.
Credit: Ashley Cleek
Our Approach
City of Asylum starts from a place of service to international writers and artists who are in danger because of who they are and the work they do. Their free expression threatens existing power structures, and we believe that protecting and supporting their voices is a powerful way to work towards justice on a global stage.
Our Community
We know that bringing artists-at-risk to Detroit for safe haven residencies is not an act happening in a vacuum. We don’t want to bring our writers- and artists-in-residence to live here in isolation; we want to invite them into a thriving community of people who support each other’s free creative expression. So, we also do community and placemaking projects in Detroit.
The international flags on Joseph Campau Street in Hamtramck.
