Evan J. Mandery
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Evan J. Mandery

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Evan Mandery is the author of eight books, including four novels, as well as the co-creator and executive producer of the TV series Artificial, for which he won Peabody and Emmy awards in 2019. A leading expert on the death penalty, Evan’s book, A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America, was a New York Times Editors’ Pick, a Kirkus Best Book of the year, and an ABA Silver Gavel honorable mention. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Evan has been an outspoken critic of legacy admissions since publishing an op-ed in The New York Times in 2014. His new book Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us offers a devastating critique of how elite colleges and suburbs work together to exacerbate social inequality. Evan is a regular contributor to Politico and a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife, Valli Rajah-Mandery, a sociologist. They have three children.
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Poison Ivy

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    • Poison Ivy

    • How Elite Colleges Divide Us
    • Written by: Evan Mandery
    • Narrated by: Brian Holden
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 2025-01-09
    • Language: English
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