So, I Mean, There's Still Vast Swaths

I Look For Two Things When I Am About To Launch Into A Book. First, There Has To Be A Dramatic Arc To The Story Itself That Will Carry Me, And The Reader, From Beginning To End. Second, The Story Has To Weave Through Larger Themes That Can Illuminate The World Of The Subject.

Well, There Is Something Beautiful About Ruins. I Mean, In One Sense It's Not That Different From Going To Rome And Looking At The Forum. But It's Changing. It Truly Is. I'm Optimistic But Skeptical.

Detroit Was An Exaggeration Of What Was Going On Across The Country. You Could See The Divisions, Even Within The Civil Rights Movement Of That Period. At The Same Time That Martin Luther King Was Talking About His Dream, Malcolm X Gave His Most Famous Address In Detroit During That Same Period, "the Message To The Grass Roots," Dismissing The Notion Of Integration.

My Favorites Are Stevie Wonder And Marvin Gaye, But Those Are A Little Off In Terms Of Getting Detroit Right On The Head. But Of Course, You Know, "dancing In The Streets." You Can't Forget The Motor City. And We Can't Forget The Motor City.

And All Of The Big Shots Of The Car Industry Are There, Strutting Their Stuff. And That Year, They're Feeling Especially Good Because Cars Were Selling More Than Ever Before.