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Broke Interview in Lansing City Pulse

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 13, 2019 | Press

The hoax of cool in Michigan’s emerald city detailed in ‘Broke’ COURTESY Posted Thursday, December 12, 2019 11:23 amBill Castanier In the late '70s, while I worked for the State of Michigan’s Department of Labor, a researcher-futurist completed a report that concluded Detroit had become the victim of what he called “economic apartheid.” In...

Broke a BAM! Books-A-Million Fall Pick

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 11, 2019 | Uncategorized

https://www.booksamillion.com/fallpicks3?oxid=2499&oxname=nonfiction&oxpage=booklover&oxpos=module3&oxdate=080819

Broke Interview in Detroit Free Press

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 6, 2019 | Press, Review, Uncategorized

Detroit's bankruptcy left lives of ordinary residents untouched, author says John Gallagher, Detroit Free PressPublished 8:00 a.m. ET Dec. 5, 2019 | Updated 4:56 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2019 It's been five years since the City of Detroit emerged from a municipal bankruptcy deemed by many to be a near-miraculous success. Bankruptcy wiped off billions of...

Broke Interview on Michigan Public Radio

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

https://www.michiganradio.org/post/stateside-partial-collapse-uranium-contaminated-site-new-uaw-president-michigan-folk-songs

Broke Review in Columbia Magazine

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 5, 2019 | Review

Books Review: "Broke" Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises. By Jodie Adams Kirshner ’02JRN, ’06LAW (St. Martin’s).By Eric Liebetrau |Winter 2019-20 Outside of immigration, few political or social issues engender as much heated debate as income inequality. For decades, the gap between the haves and have-nots has been growing,...

Broke Event Photo Chosen as Shelf Awareness ‘Image of the Day’

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

Download Image of the Day: Detroit StoriesStory and Song Bookstore, Fernandina Beach, Fla., hosted Jodie Adams Kirshner (left), author of Broke: Hardship & Resilience in a City of Broken Promises (St. Martin's), in conversation with educator Nancy Dickson. The store reported that "Kirshner's stories about Detroit's bankruptcy, and how it affected the...

Broke Named One of Lansing’s Pulse “Ten Best Reads for 2019”

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

Ten best reads for 2019: From ancestory to housing insecurity Posted Thursday, November 28, 2019 3:27 pmBill Castanier I reviewed and read some fantastic books this past year which I condensed into a list to help you be the star of this season’s gift giving. This list is ideal for the family historian who is eager to dive into ancestory at...

Broke Reviewed in Florida Times-Union

by Jodie Adams Kirshner | Dec 3, 2019 | Review

https://www.jacksonville.com/entertainment/20191201/book-review-why-detroit-comeback-stalled By Lee Scott For the Times-UnionPosted Dec 1, 2019 at 12:01 AM In “Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises,” Jodie Adams Kirshner, a research professor at New York University, attempts to give us a...