Deborah Fallows is an American writer and linguist. She is a fellow at the New America Foundation,[1][2] and was assistant dean in languages and linguistics at Georgetown University.
Deborah Fallows | |
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 Fallows in 2016 | |
| Occupation | Writer, linguist |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Texas |
| Spouse | James Fallows |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and education
editFallows grew up in both Minneapolis, Minnesota and Vermilion, Ohio.[3]
She graduated with a B.A. from Harvard University and received a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from the University of Texas.[3]
Career
editFallows was the assistant dean of languages and linguistics at Georgetown University. She chose to be a stay at home mother after the birth of her second son. Fallows wrote of her experiences in her first book, A Mother's Work (1985).[4]
From 2012 to 2017, Fallows and her husband, James Fallows, flew their single-engine plane across America to visit small towns, which was the basis of their latest book, Our Towns (2018).[5] The book was made into an HBO documentary film in 2021.[6]
Fallows and her husband started the Our Towns Civic Foundation in 2021.[7]
Personal life
editWith James Fallows she has two sons and five grandchildren.[3]
Selected works
edit- Fallows, Deborah (1985). A Mother's Work. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-395-36218-1.
- Fallows, Deborah (2010). Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-0-8027-7913-7.[8]
- Fallows, James M.; Fallows, Deborah (2018). Our Towns: A 100,000-mile Journey Into the Heart of America. Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-1-101-87184-3.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Deborah Fallows". New America.
- ^ "Deborah Fallows | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Amacad.org. April 8, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Deborah Fallows". USC Communication Leadership. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ Gardner, Marilyn (October 12, 1985). "'A Mother's Work': Author Decided Hers is at Home". Hartford Courant. p. 51. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ a b Lacey, Marc (June 12, 2018). "What Two Writers Found When They Bought a Plane and Touched Down on Main Street, U.S.A." The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (April 13, 2021). "'Our Towns' Review: Across America, Signs of Life". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ Slepyan, Anya (April 16, 2021). "Can We Look to 'Our Towns' to Get Beyond Red States and Blue States?". The Daily Yonder. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ Downer, Lesley (September 24, 2010). "Character Building". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
