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Nick Tobier Interviewed on Stateside

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Stamps Professor Nick Tobier recently discussed his book Looping Detroit: A People Mover Travelogue’ with Cynthia Canty on the Michigan Radio program Stateside. 

Think of it as an artistic fan letter” to Detroit’s People Mover.

Artist Nick Tobier’s new book is Looping Detroit: A People Mover Travelogue. It’s a collection of essays, photographs and poems inspired by the People Mover and the views it offers of Detroit’s geography and culture.

Tobier, who’s a University of Michigan professor originally from New York City, brings an outsider’s perspective to something that sparks some passionate discussion whenever it’s brought up among Detroiters – the People Mover.

The tiny, tiny train” in a gigantic city: An outsider’s ode to Detroit’s People Mover | Stateside, Michigan Radio