On this edition of ST, a discussion with Amy Haimerl, a professor of journalism at Michigan State University who writes about small business and urban policy for Fortune, Reuters, The New York Times, and other outlets. She was previously the entrepreneurship editor at Crain's Detroit Business, where she covered the city's historic bankruptcy trial. She joins us to talk about her new book, which is called "Detroit Hustle: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Home." Partly an autobiography of home renovation and personal relocation, partly an update on whether and how the Motor City is actually "coming back," and partly a meditation on economic troubles and real-estate pitfalls at both the national and local levels, this book offers -- per The New York Times -- "a love song sung to a house and a city, but it's also a money memoir, one marked by ignorance at the outset and a triumph of feelings over financial facts." And further, from Publishers Weekly: "Haimerl, her husband, and beloved pets
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