Michelle Wilde Anderson

2023 Zócalo Book Prize Winner Michelle Wilde Anderson

I Saw a Law Degree as a Toolkit for Doing Social Justice Work

Michelle Wilde Anderson is a professor at Stanford Law School and the Stanford School of Sustainability. Her book, The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America, won the 13th annual Zócalo Book Prize. Before sitting down for the prize event, “How Does a Community Save Itself?,” she joined us in the green room to chat about Beyoncé’s world tour, relaxing with YA, and her local work in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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2023 Book Prize Winner Michelle Wilde Anderson Says Strong Communities Need New Narratives, New Networks—And Investments in the People Who Already Live There

by Sarah Rothbard |

Four of the poorest, most maligned places in America have become beacons of hope—and burgeoning centers of trust, in people and local government—since going broke in the Great Recession. How …

A cut out of Michelle Wilde Anderson against a yellow-orange background. She wears a black blazer and is smiling, looking slightly to the right. Hovering to her right is a cut out of two copies of her book 'The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America.' Below the books is the Zócalo Book Prize logo.

Michelle Wilde Anderson Wins the 2023 Zócalo Book Prize

The Fight to Save the Town Highlights the Work of Sewing Society Back Together

Interview by Sarah Rothbard |

Michelle Wilde Anderson is the winner of the 2023 Zócalo Public Square Book Prize for The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America.

Zócalo awards the $10,000 prize annually to …


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