A Detroit Anthology - (Belt City Anthologies) by Anna Clark (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A part of Belt's City Anthology Series, <i>A Detroit Anthology</i> 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. </b></p><p>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 <i>A Detroit Anthology</i>, Anna Clark, a Detroit-based journalist for <i>ProPublica</i>, 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. <i>The Millions</i> 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. </p><p>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. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Anna Clark's writing has always impressed me, and she proves herself a talented editor as well with <i>A Detroit Anthology</i>. These essays, stories, poetry, and photographs from a diverse group of writers offer a mesmerizing portrait of the city's past, present, and future." --<i>Largehearted Boy</i><br><br>"In a city that often pits people against each other based on race, class, and geographic location (although this is often linked more closely with the other two factors), [<i>A Detroit Anthology</i>] brings everybody to the table to have a voice. --<i>The Urbanist Dispatch</i><br><br>"Offers from-the-heart and on-the-ground views of life in America's Motor City." --<i>Boston Globe</i><br><br>"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." --<i>The Millions</i><br><br>"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." --<i>The Daily Beast</i><br><br>"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." -- <i>Ebony Magazine</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anna Clark</b> is a freelance journalist, director of applications for Write a House, and the founder of Literary Detroit. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The American Prospect, The New Republic, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair. She is the author of <i>Michigan Literary Luminaries</i>. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.
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