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Broke one of Bridge Magazine’s “Thirteen Michigan Books to Get You Through the Stay-At-Home Order”

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,...

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Contribution to Niskanen Center Think Tank

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...

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Broke in New York Journal of Books

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...

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Broke one of ‘Michigan’s Best’ – 20 New Books to Add to Your Reading List This Year

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...

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Broke Shortlisted for J Anthony Lukas Book Prize (with Alex Kotlowitz, Emily Bazelon, Margaret O’Mara)

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...

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Broke on New Books Network

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, 2020 Stephen Pimpare In her new book Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of...

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