Kirsten Powers
Kirsten Powers is a New York Times bestselling author, USA Today columnist, and CNN senior political analyst where she regularly appears on Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, and The Lead with Jake Tapper. The Washington Post has called her “bright-eyed, sharp-tongued, [and] gamely combative” and “a ferocious advocate for her points of view.” Kirsten’s book SAVING GRACE: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts (Convergent Books) was released on November 2, 2021.
Prior to USA Today, Kirsten was a columnist for the Daily Beast, American Prospect Online, and the New York Post. The Columbia Journalism Review called her as “an outspoken liberal journalist” in a sea of opposition at Fox News, where
she previously served as a political analyst. Her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Elle, The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, The New York Observer, Salon, the New York Post, and The American Prospect online.
Before her career in journalism, Kirsten was a political appointee in the Clinton Administration and worked in New York Democratic politics. She was also Vice President for International Communications at America Online, Inc. where she oversaw the day-to-day communications of AOL businesses outside the United States and developed and executed the public launches of AOL businesses in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Australia.
Kirsten graduated from the University of Maryland-College Park with a B.S. in Journalism. Raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, she resides in Washington, D.C
Here's what people are saying about Kirsten and Saving Grace!
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“In this deeply felt, compassionate, and sensible book, Kirsten Powers makes a case for opening ourselves up to the transformative power of grace and of goodness. Rooted in history, theology, and the lived experience of our fragmented time, Powers’s book is bracing, elevating, and essential.””
““True to form, Kirsten Powers refuses to allow the culture wars to cost us our shared humanity. This book is a courageous call to truth and love existing side by side.””
““Powers brings clarity and a fresh understanding to an idea that has been too often invoked to maintain the status quo. She shows grace to be a powerful force for inner and outer transformation, and an essential companion to anyone working for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world. Saving Grace is a light on the path during this dark time in American history.””
““A tour de force . . . With the dogged curiosity of a top journalist, Powers strips the concept of grace of its typical churchy flourish and reveals bare-knuckled wisdom for our transforming world. Peppered with her typical wit and touch of whimsy, Saving Grace takes on tough questions rising from today’s headlines and reveals a profound new relationship among power, justice, and peace.””
““It is not often that intelligence and spirituality are put together as well as Kirsten Powers does in this highly engaging road map for pursuing a life of grace. Saving Grace is the book the world needs right now.””
““With passionate urgency, Powers puts grace in the center of national discussions about bigotry, division, and revenge, insisting that there is a way beyond rage toward healing. Saving Grace offers practical wisdom and the realistic hope that America might yet be saved.””
““A bravura book that is at once a highly personal spiritual journey, a deep meditation on grace, and a fascinating compendium of hard-won spiritual wisdom and practical advice . . . With her sparkling prose and heartfelt stories, Kirsten Powers shows us how the spiritual way is the most practical way to live.””
