"Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey."
— Star-Ledger
"[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed."
— Journal of Urban Affairs
"Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. Inside Newark is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's The Shame of the Cities."
— David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois
"At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's Inside Newark essential reading. A triumph!"
— Clement Alexander Price, professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark
"Bob Curvin’s masterful analysis shows how one of America’s greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences, strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark’s struggle for survival."
— Lisa Keller, Purchase College (SUNY)
"Robert Curvin's aggressive research, candid narration, and unflinching judgments leave you informed, sobered, and guardedly optimistic that a once beleaguered city's search for transformation is at last well underway. Inside Newark is a book in the great tradition of Steffens's The Shame of the Cities."
— David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize recipient for the biography of W.E.B. Du Bois
"Bob Curvin’s masterful analysis shows how one of America’s greatest cities has dealt with a convergence of challenges during the past half century. He combines powerful reminiscences, strong community voices, a grasp of complex political entanglements, and unique personal insight to produce a detailed and intimate account of Newark’s struggle for survival."
— Lisa Keller, Purchase College (SUNY)
"Curvin's associations and key figures, extensive interviews and institutional memory mesh forcefully and lend amplitide to the narrative. Anyone who resides in or near Newark, or once did, or feels like a stakeholder in the great urban outcome should dwell deeply on his journey."
— Star-Ledger
"At once deeply personal and probing, Bob Curvin's brilliantly illuminating journey into Newark's contemporary life and history sets a high standard for an insider's view of a complicated and troubled urban landscape. That he is one of the nation's most prescient humanists and activists makes Curvin's Inside Newark essential reading. A triumph!"
— Clement Alexander Price, professor of history, Rutgers University, Newark
"[Curvin] offers readers an insider's view of Newark politics and policy development. At times his narrative resembles a memoir, so personal are some of his observations. Nonetheless, his candor is refreshing, sincere, and well informed."
— Journal of Urban Affairs