I grew up in Los Angeles and I'm thrilled to talk there about my new book, Something Between Us. Join me at Village Well Books in Culver City on Friday 9/26 at 6pm, where I'll be talking with an amazing ethnographer of the US, Jessica Cattelino of UCLA. shop.villagewell.com/events/35712...

Friends in the Bay Area, I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us, at my alma mater UC Berkeley this week. Join us at 3:30pm this Wednesday, 9/24, details below. Sincere gratitude to the Department of Geography for hosting! events.berkeley.edu/geog/event/3...

Friends in the Providence area, please join me at Symposium Books this Saturday 9/20 @ 4pm. I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us. www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...

When I lived along Jones Falls, we had osprey and water snakes, deer along the banks. Jones Falls is an urban gem.

Baltimore, we can do much better than a dump along the Jones Falls. In this new op-ed for the Baltimore Sun, we sketch a vision for the river at the heart of our city. Join us via our new Jones Falls 2076 project. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/15/j...

Catch me live on WGXC in the Catskills on Monday, September 15th at 11am ET. I’ll be on the radio show “Uncontaminated Sound, talking about my new book, Something Between Us. Tune in online via the link below: wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/s...

Join the EDC for our September Grounding Event We’ll gather for a guided tour of Black Earth Rising at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Curated by Ekow Eshun, it features 22 works exploring climate crisis. 📅 Sept. 11th, 5 PM - Meet at the BMA lobby Tour led by Art Curator Antoinette Roberts.

I talked with the Baltimore Sun about my new book, Something Between Us: on American landscapes of isolation, anthropology as a means of unexpected connections, and Baltimore as a space of both enduring inequality and emerging forms of environmental justice. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/08/d...

NJ folks, please join me at Labyrinth Books this Tuesday at 6pm. I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us, with Princeton anthropologist Elizabeth Davis. What can we do, as ethnographers, to meet the critical and social impasses of this moment? www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/anand...

Today! Join the EDC to kick off the 2025–26 year with a social at Union Craft Brewing 🎉 Whether you’re a longtime member or brand new, we can’t wait to welcome you into a space of collective reimagining. 📍 Union Craft Brewing 🗓️ Today, September 5 | 5:00–6:30 pm EDT

People anywhere! Please join me this Tuesday 9/10 at 12pm ET for a live online chat about my new book, Something Between Us. The latest in a great summer series hosted by SAPIENS and public anthropologist Chip Colwell. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

There's an end-of-summer sale on at Stanford University Press--all books 50% off, including my new one, Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life and How to Take Them Down. Now through September 8th! www.sup.org/books/anthro...

And if you like what you read...you can buy Something between Us for 50% off on our website, now through September 8! www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Water, that vital necessity, has become a source of great anxiety in the United States. Read what I learned at a trade show for the bottled water industry, in this excerpt from my new book, Something Between Us. sarweb.org/blog-each-a-...

Beautiful and compelling read by @iamjess.bsky.social. “Hunters and vegetarians – both judged by others, both right – are more alike than either would admit. It is a complex comparison, but consider this: both think deeply about what they eat.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Read this interview with @anandian.bsky.social, Professor of Anthropology at @jhu.edu, on his new book about the U.S.—America's fortress mentality, paradoxes of defensive infrastructure, and the risks for India in following a similar path. frontline.thehindu.com/social-issue...

I joined The Politics Guys podcast to discuss how everyday patterns of isolation in the US fuel conspiracy theories, the value of storytelling in addressing social differences, and the types of relationships that can make meaningful change possible. Listen here: politicsguys.com/the-everyday...

"Over the last eight years, I have crisscrossed the United States as an anthropologist, trying to make sense of why the rifts in our national culture run so deep." @culanth.bsky.social president @anandian.bsky.social in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Times feel tough, but the walls dividing us aren’t permanent. Anthropologist @anandian.bsky.social joins Faithful Politics to explore barriers that shape our lives and how we can rediscover empathy and belonging. 🎧 Watch: youtu.be/bFUWi9VmmMc

"Beyond demolishing, repairing, or waiting, unbuilding is a form of purposeful world-making in which the intentionality of design is unsettled by the temporalities of unruly materials and practices as they break down, seep, or demand attention." www.culanth.org/fieldsights/...

Join Emma Snyder at the Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore tonight at 6 p.m. for a conversation with @anandian.bsky.social (SOMETHING BETWEEN US, @stanfordpress.bsky.social). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/ana... #booksky

In a new interview, I talk with Frontline, one of India's leading news magazines, about my new book on the United States: on America's fortress mentality, the paradoxes of defensive infrastructure, and the risks that India faces in following a similar path. frontline.thehindu.com/social-issue...

Baltimore folks, I’m really looking forward to talking this week at the Ivy Bookshop about my new book, Something Between Us. How can we rebuild a collective life beyond forces of division and suspicion? Please join us this Thursday, August 21st at 6pm. www.theivybookshop.com/event/anand-...

Friends in Chennai, I’ll be talking this week from my new book, Something Between Us, about social and political impasses in the contemporary United States: Thursday, 14 August, 3:30 PM, at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. A public event, all are welcome.

"Over the last eight years, I have crisscrossed the United States as an anthropologist, trying to make sense of why the rifts in our national culture run so deep." @culanth.bsky.social president @anandian.bsky.social in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Over the last eight years, I have crisscrossed the United States as an anthropologist, trying to make sense of why the rifts in our national culture run so deep. @culanth.bsky.social president @anandian.bsky.social in The Guardian

JHU anthropologist @anandian.bsky.social’s latest op-ed in the @baltimoresun.bsky.social explores the decline of neighborliness in America. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/06/t...

An op-ed I wrote for the Baltimore Sun, drawing on my new book, Something Between Us, and everyday encounters with our many wonderful neighbors in Baltimore. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/06/t...

So good to talk with @liliancbarger.bsky.social about my new book, Something Between Us: about our immigrant American families, about isolating home designs and property fences, and the value of more porous relationships with the world beyond. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/something-be...

I talked about my new book Something Between Us on the religion and politics podcast Straight White American Jesus. We talked about the challenges of suburban life, ubiquitous headphones, and monstrous ideas. @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/an-...

"Even if you don’t have hope, it doesn’t really matter. This is about defiance. It’s about doing the right thing, fighting for democracy and for people to not be exploited. And even if we fail, at the very least, we didn’t contribute to the problem.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

It was wonderful to speak with Tom Hall at the WYPR studios here in Baltimore about my new book. We talked about infrastructures of American isolation but also the community to be found in alleys, sidewalks, and counter-traditions of communal caretaking. Listen here: www.wypr.org/show/midday/...

Folks in Baltimore and Maryland, catch me live on WYPR’s Midday with Tom Hall this Tuesday 7/29 from 12-1, talking about my new book Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life and How to Take Them Down. Tune in to 88.1 FM and join the conversation. @stanfordpress.bsky.social

It was a real treat to appear on network television for the very first time, joining CBS News in Birmingham, Alabama, to discuss my new book, Something Between Us. I talked a little about our neighborhood in Baltimore and what makes it feel special. Watch here: www.cbs42.com/video/anthro...

Friends in New Jersey and the Philadelphia area, I’m giving a book talk for Something Between Us at the Howling Basset Books on Saturday 7/26 at 6pm. Please share with anyone local who may be interested - thank you! RSVP here: www.howlingbassetbooks.com/event-detail...

How timely still, now: a powerful exhibition of early 2000s protest signs by local antiwar activist Bill Jennings, installed at the historic Shaker Meeting House in Harvard, MA. Curated by @luciddecapitation.bsky.social and @transientbummers.bsky.social

The quiet walls of daily life—barely visible, but deeply felt. A conversation with Forthright on what care might do to dismantle them, and how anthropology and fiction can help us begin. Listen now: forthright.media/2025/07/11/a...

Folks in the Hudson river valley in New York, I’m giving a book talk and storytelling workshop on Something Between Us at the Spark community center in Hudson on Tuesday 7/15. Please share with locals who may be interested thank you! sparkofhudson.org/upcoming-eve... @stanfordpress.bsky.social

I talked with @ajkeen.bsky.social about my new book, Something Between Us: the personal journey that led me to write it, the role of anthropology in making sense of our present, and the relationship between physical and mental walls. @stanfordpress.bsky.social keenon.substack.com/p/breaking-d...

"No podemos comprender el aislacionismo político sin analizar el aislamiento cotidiano." Gracias a BBC Mundo por esta entrevista sobre my nuevo libro, Algo Entre Nosotros. I'm grateful to BBC Mundo for this interview about my new book, Something Between Us. www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...

Friends in the DC metro area, I’ll be talking about my new book on the everyday divides of American life at Creative Grounds on Thursday 7/10, hosted by the worker coop bookstore Bol. Please join if you can, and help get the word out locally thank you!

I talked with USA Today about my new book Something Between Us: the divides built into our social lives and everyday infrastructures in the US, but also the role of commons and shared public space in deepening the quality of our collective life. @danataylor.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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Folks in DC, please join me on Thursday 7/10 at Creative Grounds café for a book event sponsored by worker-owned bookstore cooperative Bol. We'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down. @stanfordpress.bsky.social

🌱 As June ends, fireflies glow brightly across the USA, historically symbolizing guidance, hope, and wonder. Help protect these little backyard lights by keeping yards dark, limiting pesticide use on lawns, and let them sustain their magic for future generations! ✨ #June #Fireflies #Naturefacts

The podcast "Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments that Challenge Us" is about leaning into discomfort in a spirit of curiosity and openness. I really enjoyed speaking with them about some of the challenges I faced for my new book, Something Between Us. Take a look here. www.byuradio.org/the-walls-be...

Friends in Virginia--I'm really excited to talk about my new book, Something Between Us, at Shelf Life Books in Richmond this Thursday at 7pm, together with border studies expert Miguel Diaz-Barriga. Please join us! shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2025-0...