“The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America” by Justin Ellis, c.2026, Harper, $30.00, 419 pages
Two blocks up, two down.
Once upon a time, that was your entire world. You lived here. Grandma’s house was around the corner and uncles and aunties lived along the way. School was nearby, church across the street. That real estate held everything you needed. But what if things changed? What if, as in the new memoir, “The Cruelty of Nice Folks” by Justin Ellis, your hometown, the place that held your memories, betrayed you?…