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Broke Wins Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing
2020 Working-Class Studies Association Awards for work produced in 2019 July 5, 2020 (Download the press release here). CONTACT: Cherie Rankin, immediate-past president and 2019 awards organizer Each year, the Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA) issues a number of awards to recognize the best new work in the field of working-class...
Author Conversation for 2020 Michigan Notable Book Prize
Interview on PIX11 Evening News on $600 Unemployment Supplement
To view video news segment: https://pix11.com/news/coronavirus/600-federal-benefits-for-unemployed-set-to-expire-this-weekend Many Americans have come to rely on that extra $600 per week as they try to make ends meet during the pandemic. But Congress doesn't seem closer to hammering out a deal. By: James FordPosted at 8:41 PM, Jul 24,...
Broke one of Bridge Magazine’s “Thirteen Michigan Books to Get You Through the Stay-At-Home Order”
https://www.bridgemi.com/quality-life/13-michigan-books-get-you-through-stay-home-order May 4, 2020Monica WilliamsQuality of Life Coronavirus Michigan SHARE THIS:TWITTERFACEBOOKMAILPRINT THIS ARTICLE The stay-at-home orders have undoubtedly left many Michiganders antsy. But the dramatic break in routine may leave some with extra time on their hands,...
Op-Ed Contribution: Mitch McConnell Has No Idea What Bankruptcy Actually Means
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-bankruptcy-detroit.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage Opinion Mitch McConnell Has No Idea What Bankruptcy Actually Means Cities should avoid bankruptcy. It hasn’t helped Detroit. By Jodie Adams Kirshner Professor Kirshner is a research professor at New York University’s...
Contribution to Niskanen Center Think Tank
https://www.niskanencenter.org/we-must-do-better-than-bankruptcy-for-virus-stricken-cities/ BY JODIE KIRSHNERAPRIL 16, 2020 “I just go outside for air and go right back inside the house,” Stevie, an African American man in Detroit in his mid-40s, said. “For the past two weeks everything’s looked dead around here.” As others like Stevie in cities across the...
Broke in New York Journal of Books
“Jodie Adams Kirshner brings together a wide cast of those most affected and thereby opens the case of and for Detroit and our other large cities suffering financial strain.” Jodie Adams Kirshner is well qualified to write such a book on bankruptcy and its broad social effects in America. As a research professor at New York University who also teaches...
Broke one of ‘Michigan’s Best’ – 20 New Books to Add to Your Reading List This Year
https://www.mlive.com/life-and-culture/j66j-2020/02/e97b2cb1fe311/20-new-michigan-books-to-add-to-your-reading-list-this-year.html By Emily Bingham | ebingham@mlive.com LANSING, MICH. -- Michigan bibliophiles in search of a few great reading recommendations need look no further than this year’s list of Michigan Notable Books. The list, compiled each year...
Broke Interview on BBC World
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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. The Lukas Prizes, established in 1998, honor the best in American nonfiction writing. The...