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Anand Pandian
@anandian.bsky.social
Ethnographer, tinkerer, earthling | Baltimore | Johns Hopkins University | Society for Cultural Anthropology | Ecological Design Collective

Find me at https://anand.studio/
Folks in New York, please join me at the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday 11/3 at 4:30pm. I'll be talking with the wonderful writer Bob Desjarlais about the challenge of opening our minds to the lives of others, drawing on my new book, Something Between Us.

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October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A handmade version of the book cover from Denton, Texas! I'm really grateful for this chance to talk about my new book in one of the key places in the story, with people who taught me some essential lessons on working for justice over generations.

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October 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Friends in Philadelphia, please join me at Head House Books on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30pm. I’ll be talking about my new book on the United States, Something Between Us, together with urban anthropologist and physician Michelle Munyikwa. Register here:

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September 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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.

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September 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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:

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September 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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:

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September 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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!

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September 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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.

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September 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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.
August 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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.

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August 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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.

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July 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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
July 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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!
July 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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.

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July 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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!

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June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Always listen to the chords of the universal piano”—Rahsaan Roland Kirk. 1976 Keystone Korner mandala on view at the Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore. Thinking of those whose path to liberation is marked by this Juneteenth, and our responsibility for those who remain unfree.
June 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
So grateful for this new starred review of Something Between Us in Publishers Weekly, and their finding the book "a solemn and extraordinary glimpse of a splintering America."

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June 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A virtual public event on my new book, Something Between Us, all are welcome. Please join us on Tue 6/10. I’ll be talking about the book with two wonderful thinkers: Danilyn Rutherford (Wenner-Gren Foundation) and Ashanté Reese (UT Austin).

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June 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Friends in Minneapolis! I’m really excited to talk about my new book, Something Between Us, at Boneshaker Books next Monday June 9th, in the company of terrific writer, thinker, and friend Stuart McLean. Please join us! @stanfordpress.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Publishing today, Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down. The book traces a journey around the United States and then closes here in Baltimore.
May 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New York folks, my new book, Something Between Us, will launch at Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights, May 28th at 7pm. I'll be talking about the book with two wonderful thinkers on the US, Kessie Alexandre and Kaya Williams. Please join us!

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May 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Baltimore folks! We'll be launching my new book, Something Between Us, at Red Emma's Bookstore in Baltimore next Tuesday, May 27th. I'll be talking about the book with investigative journalist Sonia Shah, author most recently of The Next Great Migration. Please join us!
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The gorgeous and captivating Tapestry of Constellations for Future Migrations — salvaged metal trampoline rim, recycled blue velvet clothing and lace curtains, found orange reflectors and river beads — by Jordan Tierney, on view now at the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Baker Artist Award exhibition.
April 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Coming this May, a book I’ve been writing since the early days of the first Trump presidency. I trace the invisible walls of American life that anchor the harsh politics of this time, and how to rekindle a spirit of collective caretaking.

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March 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Baltimore friends, please join us this evening at the Peale Museum for the opening of our collective exhibition "The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture to Come." Such a privilege to develop this together with artist Jordan Tierney and an amazing team of students. See you!
February 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM