SUSAN GRIFFIN

Poet   Essayist   Playwright   Screenwriter

Praise for Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy

“Unique. . . fresh and probing. . .strikes at the very heart of America’s cruel paradoxes. With a light yet devastating touch, Griffin charts our continued “wrestling” with democratic ideals — her incisive search for the soul of democracy stirs up pride, despair, and hope.” — Booklist

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"Susan Griffin has removed the rhetorical clichés from democracy and revealed a breathing, sentient angel of wisdom now held captive by tyranny, money, and our misplaced faith in authority. This is nothing less than cultural poetry steeped in history and heart."

       — PAUL HAWKEN, author of Blessed Unrest

“Susan Griffin’s superb prose reveals democracy

not as a distant abstraction but as a live, inspiring,

and difficult presence shaping us every day,

an angel all Americans wrestle with.”

— GEORGE LAKOFF, author of Whose Freedom?

The Battle Over America’s Most Important Idea and Moral Politics

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A Pulitzer Finalist