Lauren Sharp

Literary agent @AevitasCreative. Runner. Reader. Washingtonian at work. Cincinnatian at ❤. Pennsylvanian at the start.

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

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.

[Mike Hixenbaugh @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

“They Came for the Schools” is one of the most popular nonfiction books of the year, according Goodreads members.

Find the full list here: https://t.co/QhaVRfVw1O

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

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!

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

I love it too! 🎧

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

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" https://t.co/7NPd4nUOCZ

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

@Sarah_Brayne @Stanford @UTAustinSoc Sarah, amazing, congratulations!

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

This is such such SUCH a good interview 🤌

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

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 https://t.co/qJYJOhaKpp

[Mike Hixenbaugh @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

“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.

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

@just_mets cc @ceciliaballi !!

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

FINALLY this review is up! 🔥🔥🔥

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

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: https://t.co/tZxhWp6Wgl

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

@PicturesFoIder @SongFinderBot

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

So exciteeeeddddd for this!!

[Cecilia Ballí @ceciliaballi]

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

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

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

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

@AmandaBecker @BloomsburyPub Mine came too!!! 😍

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

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

[Lauren Sharp @LPS_DC]

"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." https://t.co/ra5E7EjZxJ

[Maggie Cooper @frecklywench]

"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 https://t.co/LN4En6TzwE

[Mike Hixenbaugh @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

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🧵