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I'm writing a book.
After years of reporting, I realized we've come to expect too much from policy. CAPABLE is about how a well-intentioned distrust of agency has gone too far—sapping our prospects for structural change, and undermining well-being in the process.
After years of reporting, I realized we've come to expect too much from policy. CAPABLE is about how a well-intentioned distrust of agency has gone too far—sapping our prospects for structural change, and undermining well-being in the process.
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“They Came for the Schools” is one of the most popular nonfiction books of the year, according Goodreads members.
Find the full list here: goodreads.com/blog/show/2818…
Find the full list here: goodreads.com/blog/show/2818…
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
Happy to see #TheLastHumanJob at #asa2024! Some good conversations re: what counts as enough impact for sociologists? Naming what's at risk (connective labor) for the already worried? Or changing the tech evangelist's mind re human interactions? Coming to the Bay Area in 7 wks!
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I love it too! 🎧
Love this review! "To save connective labor, all of us have a role to play. We can prioritize human connection & patronize orgs that celebrate it. Since reading #TheLastHumanJob, I take out my headphones in stores & waiting rooms so that I am more present" buff.ly/3zQoTsp
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This is such such SUCH a good interview 🤌
So glad to see my @PublicBooks interview is up! Thank you Elizabeth Fetterolf for a great chat re: how we can save humane work #TheLastHumanJob
“The Unique Magic That Happens When Two People Come Together”: Allison Pugh on Building a Society of Connection publicbooks.org/the-unique-mag…
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
“It’s important to protect children from sexual abuse — on that, I agree.”
Great talking with @chrislhayes tonight about Robert Morris, Gateway Church and what it means to protect kids.
Great talking with @chrislhayes tonight about Robert Morris, Gateway Church and what it means to protect kids.
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To outsiders, the Charro Days festival in Brownsville, Texas, may "seem like a caricature of Mexican culture," @ceciliaballi writes. But Brownsville natives see a time for pride and joy, "in a country where it sometimes feels difficult to do so."
Read: nyti.ms/45eF1jk
Read: nyti.ms/45eF1jk
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So exciteeeeddddd for this!!
So happy to share this news: my book-in-progress on the rich, magical, high-stakes world of competitive high school mariachis has found a home at @Flatironbooks, an imprint of @MacmillanUSA. Thank you @CallMeNyrb and @LPS_DC for loving this story as much as me! #mariachi #rgv
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
So excited for Friday! Come see me in conversation with the great @carolynhax about #TheLastHumanJob @PorterSqBooks. We'll talk about the power of seeing each other, and what's at risk when we automate relationship
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
So glad to announce #TheLastHumanJob book tour! Can't wait to talk to all of you about the real connections that matter, a new definition of burnout, and what we're *still* not talking about when we talk about AI @PrincetonUPress
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"This razor-sharp book is the masterful culmination of years of reportage … a work of compassion, one that never fails to center the vulnerability or the dignity of students." wapo.st/3WKpV2Q
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"I started writing about what I knew intimately, and that was the desert, the plants and the heat. It’s like another planet." 🌵 love this conversation with @zoebossiere in @latimesbooks. CACTUS COUNTRY is out next Tuesday! @ABRAMSbooks latimes.com/entertainment-…
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
My book "They Came for the Schools" is out today.
It tries to make sense of America's school board wars by showing how & why that fight exploded in one Texas suburb.
To really understand the anti-DEI backlash, I needed to uncover a much longer history.
Here's what I found🧵
It tries to make sense of America's school board wars by showing how & why that fight exploded in one Texas suburb.
To really understand the anti-DEI backlash, I needed to uncover a much longer history.
Here's what I found🧵
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
This morning in @AirMailWeekly: An essay about the time some moms in Katy, Texas, threatened to report me to the police as a child sexual predator—and what it told me on the widespread attacks on LGBTQ authors, teachers and librarians.
Read it here: airmail.news/issues/2024-5-…
Read it here: airmail.news/issues/2024-5-…
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
Come see me on the “They Came for the Schools” book tour!
With special guests @Yamiche, @RobertDownen_, Valerie Koehler, @TaliRichman and @DGoforth918.
Tickets required in Grapevine. You can purchase those here: talkinganimalsbooks.com/products/they-…
With special guests @Yamiche, @RobertDownen_, Valerie Koehler, @TaliRichman and @DGoforth918.
Tickets required in Grapevine. You can purchase those here: talkinganimalsbooks.com/products/they-…
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
HOUSTON!
I've missed you.
I'll be back in town on May 20. Come see me at @BlueWillowBooks and pick up a signed copy of "They Came for the Schools."
RSVP here: bluewillowbookshop.com/event/hixenbau…
I've missed you.
I'll be back in town on May 20. Come see me at @BlueWillowBooks and pick up a signed copy of "They Came for the Schools."
RSVP here: bluewillowbookshop.com/event/hixenbau…
We can't wait to welcome senior investigative reporter @Mike_Hixenbaugh to the bookshop!
He will discuss his book, THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms. Details: bluewillowbookshop.com/event/hixenbau… @MarinerBooks
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Lauren Sharp retweeted
NEW review from @ALA_Booklist:
My book, “They Came for the Schools,” is a “frightening but all too real piece of reporting” that “belongs in every library.”
Preorder today! 👉 mikehixenbaugh.com
My book, “They Came for the Schools,” is a “frightening but all too real piece of reporting” that “belongs in every library.”
Preorder today! 👉 mikehixenbaugh.com
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