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Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen Paperback - 2009

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Author: Griffin, Susan
ISBN: 9781590307069

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Susan Griffin has won dozens of awards for her work as a feminist writer, poet, essayist, playwright, and filmmaker. She is the author of more than twenty books including A Chorus of Stones, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is the recipient of an Emmy, a MacArthur grant, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a frequent contributor to Ms. magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and numerous other publications. She lectures widely and is a frequent guest on national and local radio programs. She lives in Berkeley, California.

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Title Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
Author Susan Griffin
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 291
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Trumpeter, Boston,Massachusetts
Date 2009-11-10
ISBN 9781590307069 / 1590307062
Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
Dimensions 8.7 x 5.58 x 0.81 in (22.10 x 14.17 x 2.06 cm)
Dewey Decimal Code 323.609

Media reviews

“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, starred review

“Charming and even lyrical.”—Baltimore Sun

“An intellectually satisfying account that shows through the stories of selected historical personalities and her own life that democracy is, and always will be, a work in progress.”—Foreword Magazine

“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

About the author

Susan Griffin has won dozens of awards for her work as a feminist writer, poet, essayist, playwright, and filmmaker. She is the author of more than twenty books including "A Chorus of Stones," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is the recipient of an Emmy, a MacArthur grant, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a frequent contributor to "Ms." magazine, the "New York Times Book Review," and numerous other publications. She lectures widely and is a frequent guest on national and local radio programs. She lives in Berkeley, California.