Writing
I'm currently working on a new book for based on my Substack essay, "The Way We Live in the United States is Not Normal." It examines why American life , the relentless work culture, unaffordable healthcare, constant mass shootings, and pressure to derive our worth from productivity and achievement, has become unsustainable, and what it looks like to choose something different. In the meantime, you can find me on Substack.
About Saving Grace
CNN senior political analyst and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers offers a path to navigating the toxic division in our culture without compromising our convictions and emotional well-being, based on her experience as a journalist during the Trump era, interviews with experts, and research on what leads people to actually change their minds.
In Saving Grace, Powers draws on lessons offered by faith leaders, therapists, theologians, social scientists, and activists working for change today. She dismantles the widespread misconception that grace means being nice, letting people get away with harmful behavior, or choosing neutrality in the name of peace. Grace, she argues, is anything but an act of surrender; instead, it is a kinetic and transformative force.
Provocative, original, and filled with deep wisdom, Saving Grace is an essential read for anyone engaged in the struggle to live compassionately in an era of relentless demonization and division.