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PublisherBelt Publishing

ISBN-100985944145

ISBN-139780985944148

eBay Product ID (ePID)201686638

Product Key Features

Book TitleDetroit Anthology

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicUnited States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), General, Essays

GenreTravel, Social Science, Literary Collections

AuthorAnna Clark

Book SeriesBelt City Anthologies Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"What these writers share, despite their differences of age, race, gender, and temperament, is the understanding that one has to know Detroit's history before even beginning to imagine how the city might move forward." -- The Daily Beast, "There is no cheap nostalgia or breathless boosterism . . . the book is a thrilling success. It gives voice to people who now live or once lived in this fascinating, tortured place, the survivors, good people who know what pain is, people who understand that the city exerts an undying pull on them." -- The Millions, "While many books have been written on and about Detroit by writers who have visited, this anthology of prose, poetry, and essays is written by the metro area's residents themselves . . . it's the wide ethnic array of voices that truly shows the facets of Detroit life." -- Ebony Magazine, "Anna Clark's writing has always impressed me, and she proves herself a talented editor as well with A Detroit Anthology . These essays, stories, poetry, and photographs from a diverse group of writers offer a mesmerizing portrait of the city's past, present, and future." -- Largehearted Boy

SynopsisA unique perspective of the Motor City, this anthology combines stories told by both longtime residents and newcomers from activists to teachers to artists to students. While Detroit has always been rich in stories, too often those stories are told back to the city by outsiders looking in, believing they can explain Detroit back to itself. As editor, Anna Clark writes in the introduction, "These are the stories we tell each other over late nights at the pub and long afternoons on the porch. We share them in coffee shops, at church social hours, in living rooms, and while waiting for the bus. These are stories full of nodding asides and knowing laughs. These are stories addressed to the rhetorical "you"--with the ratcheted up language that comes with it--and these are stories that took real legwork to investigate . . . You will not find 'positive' stories about Detroit in this collection, or 'negative' ones. But you will find true stories." Featuring essays, photographs, art, and poetry by Grace Lee Boggs, John Carlisle, Desiree Cooper, Dream Hampton, Steve Hughes, Jamaal May, Tracie McMillan, Marsha Music, Shaka Senghor, Thomas J. Sugrue, and many others., A part of Belt's City Anthology Series, A Detroit Anthology offers a unique take on the Motor City told by longtime residents and newcomers, including activists, teachers, artists, and students--a 2015 Michigan Notable Book. People have long told stories about Detroit, but too often those stories are from outsiders looking in, telling the city what it's all about. In A Detroit Anthology , Anna Clark, a Detroit-based journalist for ProPublica , collects the kinds of stories about the Motor City that people tell at the bar, waiting at the bus stop, sitting on their porch, or at church social hours. Featuring essays, photographs, art, and poetry by Tyehimba Jess, Grace Lee Boggs, Aaron Foley, John Carlisle, Desiree Cooper, Dream Hampton, Tracie McMillan, and many others. The Millions describes it as a book that "gives voice to people who now live or once lived in this fascinating, tortured place, the survivors, good people who know what pain is, people who understand that the city exerts an undying pull on them." The Detroit stories here might not all be glowing or gloomy, but they're 100% real. A wide-ranging and diverse portrait of a city, perfect for those who want to get to know Detroit for the first time or for those native Detroiters who want a more candid look at the city they call home.