Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
From 2012 to 2017, James Fallows, a 35-year veteran of The Atlantic’s national correspondence team, and Deborah Fallows, a theoretical linguist whose work has been published by Slate, National Geographic, and The New York Times, visited over 50 cities across the country chasing what they describe as a creative wave of civic renewal happening under the nose of national politics. The results are stunning and beautiful—and have only been magnified in their significance by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Join this pair of revelatory storytellers as they unearth the energy, compassion, and determination driving change in places like Columbus, Mississippi; Bend, Oregon; and Eastport, Maine in a moment where the urgency of immediate problems and immediate action cannot be understated.
Pick up your copy of “Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America” at your local bookseller.
From 2012 to 2017, James Fallows, a 35-year veteran of The Atlantic’s national correspondence team, and Deborah Fallows, a theoretical linguist whose work has been published by Slate, National Geographic, and The New York Times, visited over 50 cities across the country chasing what they describe as a creative wave of civic renewal happening under the nose of national politics. The results are stunning and beautiful—and have only been magnified in their significance by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Join this pair of revelatory storytellers as they unearth the energy, compassion, and determination driving change in places like Columbus, Mississippi; Bend, Oregon; and Eastport, Maine in a moment where the urgency of immediate problems and immediate action cannot be understated.
Pick up your copy of “Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America” at your local bookseller.
