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Reporter, "Reckoning in York, PA"
Alex Kotlowitz's most recent book is THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER: A STORY OF TWO
TOWNS, A DEATH AND AMERICA'S DILEMMA (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.) THE NEW YORK
TIMES wrote: "Of all the many books written about race in America in the past couple
of years, none has been quite like THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER ... It is the
difference between the two towns, one white, one black, that anchors this story, gives it
its soul, and makes it important, essential even, for the rest of us to contemplate."
The book received THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE's Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction and the
Great Lakes Booksellers Award for Non-Fiction. He also is the author of the bestselling
THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE: THE STORY OF TWO BOYS GROWING UP IN THE
OTHER AMERICA. The book, which was published in 1991, was the recipient of
numerous awards including the Helen B. Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism,
the Carl Sandburg Award and a Christopher Award. The New York Public Library selected
THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE as one of the 150 most important books of the
century. In the fall of 1993, it was adapted for television as an ABC Movie-of-the-Week starring Oprah Winfrey.
Mr. Kotlowitz contributes to THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE and
public radio's THIS AMERICAN LIFE. His articles have also appeared in THE
WASHINGTON POST, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, ROLLING STONE, and THE NEW
REPUBLIC. He is a writer-in-residence at Northwestern University, and has been a
visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame as the Welch Chair in American
Studies. Mr. Kotlowitz regularly gives public lectures, including appearances at Harvard,
Illinois Wesleyan, Otterbein College, the University of Oregon, the University of North
Carolina, and the University of Georgia. Mr. Kotlowitz, who has been a Distinguished
Visitor at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, was a staff writer at THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL from 1984 to 1993, writing on urban affairs and social policy.
Prior to joining the JOURNAL, he freelanced for five years, contributing to THE
MACNEIL-LEHRER NEWSHOUR, National Public Radio's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED and
MORNING EDITION, as well as various magazines. His journalism honors include the
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the George Polk Award. He is the recipient of
two honorary degrees and the John LaFarge Memorial Award for Interracial Justice
given by New York's Catholic Interracial Council.
A graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Mr. Kotlowitz grew up in
New York City. He currently lives with his family just outside Chicago.
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