Broke offers an urgent, narrative account of a city’s bankruptcy and its aftermath, told through the lives of seven valiantly struggling Detroiters.
In the lead up to Detroit’s July 2013 bankruptcy, and in its aftermath, dramatic headlines, thousands of column inches, hundreds of news reports, and a goodly number of books explained the process and possible benefits of municipal bankruptcy. But rarely in all that reporting was the impact on the people living in the city discussed.
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Harvardwood Presents Jodie Adams Kirshner on BROKE: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises
A wine and cheese reception followed by a discussion of Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises with Jodie Adams Kirshner. Books will be available for purchase.
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Broke Interview on BBC World
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCohp4X4t128_f2zxJzR7gTg
Broke Shortlisted for J Anthony Lukas Book Prize (with Alex Kotlowitz, Emily Bazelon, Margaret O’Mara)
https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2020/02/2020-j-anthony-lukas-prizes-shortlist-announced/ Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2020 shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize....
Broke on C-Span Book TV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?466933-1/broke 00:00:00 STARTING NOW, IT'S BOOK TV IN PRIME TIME. IN JUST A MOMENT, THE IMPACT THAT DETROIT'S BANKRUPTCY HAS HAD ON THE CITY'S POOR. THEN VANDERBILT...
Broke Interview on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to bankruptcy expert Jodie Adams Kirshner about how Detroit residents have navigated life during and after the city's bankruptcy. Kirshner's new book is called Broke....
Broke excerpted in the New York Times
‘Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises,’ by Jodie Adams Kirshner: An Excerpt Nov. 19, 2019 Prologue: Springtime in Detroit Miles strode through the streets of Detroit, long-legged and focused, carrying a cup of keys to all the houses he...
Broke reviewed in the New York Times
NONFICTION ‘Broke’ Chronicles a City Out of Cash and Awash in Desperation An abandoned home on Detroit’s east side, 2017.Credit...Erin Kirkland for The New York Times By Anna Clark Nov. 19, 2019, 5:00 a.m. ET BROKE Hardship and Resilience in a City of...
Broke on New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/jodie-adams-kirshner-broke-hardship-and-resilience-in-a-city-of-broken-promise-st-martins-press-2019/ JODIE ADAMS KIRSHNER Broke Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promise ST. MARTINS PRESS 2019 February 7,...
Broke Interview on How Do We Fix It Podcast
https://player.fm/series/how-do-we-fix-it-1331917/detroit-bankruptcy-and-broken-promises-jodie-adams-kirshner When Detroit went bust in 2013 it was the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in American history. During the Motor City's fifty years of decline, population...
Broke in The Week Magazine
Broke wins “Michigan Notable Book” Award
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/want-read-local-check-out-year-s-michigan-notable-books Want to read local? Check out this year’s Michigan Notable Books By STATESIDE STAFF• JAN 20, 2020 StatesideShareTweetEmail Listen 0:00Stateside's...
Broke Selected as New York Times Book Review “Editor’s Choice”
BROKE: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises, by Jodie Adams Kirshner. (St. Martin’s, $28.99.) Kirshner, an expert in bankruptcy law, applies a scholar’s deep understanding and a novelist’s eye for detail to the largest municipal bankruptcy in American...
New York Times Selects Broke as a “New Book Recommended This Week”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/books/review/11-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html
Broke on Port Huron News WPHM
https://www.wphm.net/episode/january-6-jodie-adams-kirshner/
New Executive Director of ALA ‘Reading Broke’
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/meet-alas-next-executive-director/ What are you reading right now? Several things at once, as usual. I’m still carting around Adrienne Maree Brown’s Emergent Strategy. It’s a revelation, an [Octavia]...