Michelle Ellia

For those planning the great American summer road trip, Melissa Maize of Spy.com recommends a number of books for research. #1 is Our Towns.

In her March 4, 2019 column, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Diana Nelson Jones reports on the refreshing tenor of Jim and Deb Fallowses’ recent talk at Alphabet City, a Pittsburgh bookstore. She concludes, “The…

In her March 3, 2019 reporting on the annual Tucson Festival of Books, Arizona Daily Star reporter Norma Coile contrasted the sessions focused on the divisiveness of issues surrounding the president,…

University of Houston – Victoria President Robert Glenn recommended Our Towns to his fellow citizens interested in working with him to make the city more livable and attractive for newcomers.…

Our Towns has been named to Five Books‘ list of Best Books on America’s Increasingly Challenged Position in World Affairs. Ali Wyne, a foreign policy analyst at the RAND Corporation,…

Indiana Humanities has announced James and Deborah Fallows will launch their INseparable initiative, a two-year effort to help Hoosiers evaluate how they relate to each other across real or imagined boundaries.…

In their February 15, 2019 editorial, The Advocate points to Our Towns for examples of local progress across the country. They posit that the book’s essential message is that, “Once…

In his February 15, 2019 column, Pete Golis references Deb Fallows‘ findings about the changing nature of libraries. “The best libraries, she wrote for The Atlantic magazine, are ‘bustling civic…

In his February 5, 2019 opinion column, Bloomberg’s Noah Smith References Our Towns‘ illustrations of paths of economic revival. He describes the potential duplication of efforts possible in the numerous…

Arizona PBS announced James and Deborah Fallows as the inaugural guests on the new program ‘Innovating the Future.’ Hosted by New America CEO Ann-Marie Slaughter on Friday evenings at 7:30pm starting…

In their annual retreat, the York County (VA) Board of Supervisors planned for the future of their community. They cited Our Towns  for examples of initiatives working in other localities.

In his January 14, 2019 review, Anthony B. Robinson describes the Our Towns story as, “an inspiring, even spiritual one.” Like congreations, he says, each renewal is unique. A problem-solving…

In his January 14, 2019 message to the University community, President Nathan Hatch advised cultivating the life of the mind and fostering character as goals in the new year. For…

On January 7, 2019, the University of Southern California named James and Deborah Fallows Senior Fellows of the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. Center Director Geoffrey Cowan said,…