The role of Detroit, Michigan, and in literature has been significantly discussed, including in academic works.[1][2][3]
The city and its suburbs, is the setting for a number of novels and short story collections,[4] including:
^Andrews, Clarence A. Michigan in Literature. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992. ISBN9780814323687. Chapter 15: "Detroit in Literature--the French city and the motor city --"
^ Preston, Peter, and Paul Simpson-Housley. Writing the City: Eden, Babylon, and the New Jerusalem. London: Routledge, 1994.
^Kenyon, Amy Maria. Dreaming Suburbia Detroit and the Production of Postwar Space and Culture. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004. OCLC 871802014
^ Anna Clark "Reading American cities: books about Detroit" The Guardian May 22, 2015 [1]