Andrew Newman's book placed on Michigan notable books list

Anthropology professor, Andrew Newman's, new book "A People's Atlas of Detroit" was placed by the Library of Michigan on the Michigan Notable Books list for publications in 2020.

The library first launched Notable Books in 1991. "The library believes we have a singular culture in Michigan," said Head of Collections Tim Gleisner, "and that we should really celebrate that." The book is the culmination of several years of a community-based participatory research project worked on by Linda Campbell, Andrew Newman, Sara Safransky and Tim Stallmann. Together with the help of Detroit residents they mapped the city and showcased grassroots efforts to "re-appropriate urban spaces in order to shift the social function of the city from a profitmaking engine for elites to instead serve the direct, everyday needs of residents" (p.4).

As the Rich Heyman, Community and Regional Planning Program & Department of American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, said "We need A People's Atlas of every city, as an organizing tool and a document of struggles everywhere."

Read more about the Michigan Notable Books list, or the wonderful review by Rich Heyman.