Rhonda Welsh

Rhonda Welsh was Born in metro Detroit and is the youngest of four daughters. Her parents Forrest Murray and Rebie Mae Owens (nee Jordan) are both from Warrenton, Georgia. Although Rhonda is a city girl through and through, she acknowledges the profound impact her parents’ southern roots have had upon her. Her biggest artistic influences are Gil Scott Heron, Nikki Giovanni, Phoebe Snow, and Langston Hughes. Rhonda’s own work fuses poetry and music. Every piece is meant to be read out loud and every piece has a rhythm. Whether it’s life, love, lust, self-realization, loss, or faith, few topics are off-limits. Her work has been performed at museums, libraries, churches, halls, restaurants, parks, bars, festivals, living rooms, kitchens and a number of other venues. Rhonda is also an arts educator and she has taught with the award-winning InsideOut Literary Arts Project and the renowned Wayne State University Math Corps Program (in the Creative Writing program). She graduated from Cass Technical High School’s Performing Arts program and she holds a BA in English and an MA in Public Relations and Communications from Wayne State University. She resides in metro Detroit, Michigan. Her new book of poems is Red Clay Legacy.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 6, 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (Rodzik)