Tag: John Patrick Leary

John Patrick Leary: Against Civility
November 2012Concerns over declining ‘civility’ in politics distract us from the meaningful disagreements that we need to have.
Guernica Contributor John Patrick Leary on WDET About “Detroitism”
February 2011![]() |
“A lot of the interest comes from a sense that the city of Detroit isn’t just an exception to the rule of the United States…that Detroit is, in some sense, the future of American cities…” |
John Patrick Leary: Further Reading for “Detroitism”
January 2011![]() |
Leary, author of this issue’s “Detroitism,” offers reading recommendations for putting together Detroit’s story, as well as the increasingly-familiar story of urban America in an era of prolonged economic crisis. |




