Connor Coyne, in conversation with Kelsey Ronan.
Connor Coyne in conversation with Kelsey Ronan.
May 13th @ 7 pm. 3546 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI. 48216.… Read the rest
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Detroit
826 Michigan and the Young Writers of Detroit
As a Flint resident, it’s easy to sometimes feel ambivalent about many of the investments happening in Rust-Belt cities.
These cities, struggling through decades of public and private disinvestment, are finally getting some love from the world outside world again, in the form of beautification, green, and economic investment initiatives.… Read the rest
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Review: Nothin’ but Blue Skies, by Edward McClelland
Early this morning I couldn’t sleep, so I drove out to Gillie’s Coney Island just north of Flint to finish reading Edward McClelland’s engrossing book Nothin’ but Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America’s Industrial Heartland.… Read the rest
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Gothic Detroit, Part 1
This past weekend, when I was touring my book in Michigan, I had the first opportunity in a couple years to visit Detroit.
Of course, the city’s national and international reputation has been legendary for most of its existence, and most recently by its bizarre status as a sort of non-America within America; a disempowered place with almost a million residents, terrible statistics for crime, poverty, and abandonment, and so on.… Read the rest
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Hungry Rats @ Cafe Con Leche (Detroit, MI)
I will be reading and signing copies of Hungry Rats at Detroit’s Cafe Con Leche, this upcoming Friday, November 12th, from 6 – 7 PM. Cross the bridge, head up or down river, or cruise in on down Woodward and Michigan!… Read the rest
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Hungry Rats: A Story About Evil Lumberjacks
From Hungry Rats:
… Read the restIt all comes down to money, that money coursing in from Flint and Saginaw and Detroit. “Bring us lumber!” they bellowed. “Bring us lumber, and don’t trouble to worry for the welfare of those shanty boys, whether they work an honest day or lop the ends off the logs.
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Concept: Detroit Video
from ESPN: Detroit In The Spotlight
It plays a bit like a Bing campaign ad, but otherwise it’s pretty cool. Magic Johnson and Mitch Albom are eloquent as always.
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Event: Bailing Out the Big Three.
New York Times: Congress Remains Divided on Bailout.
New York Times: Clout Has Plunged for Automakers and Union, Too.
New York Times: How Many Jobs Depend on the Big Three?
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New York TimeS: Saving Detroit from Itself.
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Event: Kicking You When You’re Down – Foreclosure is a Forfeited Vote, According to the Michigan GOP.
Start from the beginning and move down:
Michigan Messenger: Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote.
Michigan Messenger: GOP has a history of voter ‘caging,’ according to Democrats’ lawsuit.
Michigan Messenger: Messenger rejects GOP plea for retraction.
Gemma discussed this here, with several insightful comments by herself and tyromaven.
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