The Lines Between Us

(Hardback)

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Sweeping work of narrative nonfiction: A triple hitter in the categories that TNP publishes well: racial justice/segregation, economic inequality, and legal studies.

Well-suited Platform: Lanahan's radio series "The Lines Between Us" won Columbia University's DuPont Award for public interest journalism and he participatedalong with several high-profile journalists including Maria Hinajosa, and Michelle Norrisin The Aspen Institute's 3 day forum on Race, Journalism, and Society

Strong credentials and media connections: Author writes with dazzling authority on Baltimore as a longtime resident, sociologist, and reporter with deep connections to regional print, radio, and online media. Building on his extensive public radio ties, he is working to organize radio and events in several cities that would pull in local players to tailor the conversations for each local market.

Supported by philanthropic and strategic initiatives: The original radio series was backed by high-profile foundations (Baltimore Community Foundation, Ethics & Excellence Journalism Foundation, Open Society Foundation) and this book is partially underwritten by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, who will be a key partner in getting out word of the book to their expansive networks.

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Praise for The Lines Between Us:
"His reporting is evenhanded, his writing clear-eyed and dispassionate. . . . Lanahan reveals an anger that edges on despair, and makes a clear call for something better from America."
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

"Lanahan has written a meticulous and affecting study, a precious resource for readers interested in urban politics, race, and city life."
Booklist

"Many authors have answered the call, made sixty years ago by the eminent sociologist C. Wright Mills, to understand the social world by imagining the intersection of biography and history. But few have done so with the skill of Lanahan, an incisive journalist and marvelous storyteller."
Patrick Sharkey, author of Uneasy Peace and Stuck in Place

"How does a journalist render the monster of structural racism A historical force in motion And in Baltimore, where its consequences remain terribly alive The Lines Between Us begins with ordinary lives crossing between homes, schools, churches, neighborhoods. Lanahan tells a story that stretches far beyond the boundaries of (t)his city, that further awakens to our times and ourselves."
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family

"The Lines Between Us brings humanity and heart to a guided tour of our fraught racial past and its enduring consequences. . . . Endearing, searing, unflinching."
Davarian Baldwin, author of Chicago's New Negroes

"A brilliant account about race and class [that] captures the promise and challenges that test people and communities throughout America."
Antero Pietila, author of Not in My Neighborhood and The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins

Author Bio

Lawrence Lanahan has written for Al-Jazeera America, Columbia Journalism Review, NPR's Morning Edition, and Colorlines, among other outlets. A recipient of the Carey Institute's Logan Nonfiction Fellowship, Lanahan's The Lines Between Us, a fifty-episode radio series for Baltimore's WYPR, won Columbia University's duPont Award. He lives in Baltimore.