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Frank Bruni, Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, best-selling author, and celebrated New York Times columnist, has built a career that spans the political, cultural and culinary topics of our day. In his latest book, "The Age of Grievance", Bruni examines the origins of our current discontent in an age defined by acrimony and angst. The Age of Grievance is currently #6 on the New York Times bestseller list.
ABOUT THE BOOK
From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left.
The twists and turns of American politics are unpredictable, but the tone is a troubling given. It’s one of grievance. More and more Americans are convinced that they’re losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become the country’s most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb.
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Grievance needn’t be bad. It has done enormous good. The United States is a nation born of grievance, and across the nearly two hundred and fifty years of our existence as a country, grievance has been the engine of morally urgent change. But what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together? When people take their grievances to lengths that they didn’t before? A violent mob storms the US Capitol, rejecting the results of a presidential election. Conspiracy theories flourish. Fox News knowingly peddles lies in the service of profit. College students chase away speakers, and college administrators dismiss instructors for dissenting from progressive orthodoxy. Benign words are branded hurtful; benign gestures are deemed hostile. And there’s a potentially devastating erosion of the civility, common ground, and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive.
How did we get here? What does it say about us, and where does it leave us? The Age of Grievance examines these critical questions and charts a path forward.
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THE AGE OF GRIEVANCE MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
The 15 Best Beach Reads for Your Summer Enjoyment - The Wall Street Journal, April 19
Opinion | The Most Important Thing I Teach My Students Isn’t on the Syllabus - The New York Times, April 20
The Politics of Pessimism - The Atlantic, April 22
Opinion | Some of the ‘Adults in the Room’ Aren’t Who We Thought They Would Be - The New York Times, April 22
Frank Bruni: The Age of Grievance - The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller, April 23
Opinion | You’ve Been Wronged. That Doesn’t Make You Right. - The New York Times, April 25
AIR MAIL Editor's Picks: "The Age of Grievance" by Frank Bruni - Air Mail, April 26
Q&A: Frank Bruni on journalism in The Age of Grievance - Columbia Journalism Review, April 26
Rick Wilson's The Enemies List: Apocalyptic Partisanship - Rick Wilson's The Enemies List Podcast, April 29
Frank Bruni discusses his new book "The Age of Grievance" - 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhl, April 30 (Podcast version can be found here)
Frank Bruni: Why Is Everyone Complaining? - The Free Press, April 30
Frank Bruni explores how grievance shapes American society in new book - CBS News, April 30
Frank Bruni in conversation with Katie Couric at the Streicker Center - Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, NYC, May 1 (Podcast version available here)
Ep. 578 — Frank Bruni - The Axe Files with David Axelrod - University of Chicago/CNN, May 2
Why are Americans so angry? New York Times writer Frank Bruni on the airing of grievances - CNBC's Squawk Box, May 2
Raising Good Humans: Humility as a Pathway: Transforming Grievance into Dialogue w/ Frank Bruni - Raising Good Humans Podcast, May 3
Firing Line | Frank Bruni - PBS, May 3
The Weekend : MSNBC Discusses College Campus Protests with Frank Bruni - The Weekend MSNBC, May 4 (Scroll over to 5:36 on broadcast)
Morning Joe Discusses "The Age of Grievance" with Frank Bruni - Morning Joe MSNBC, May 5 (Scroll over to 4:25 on broadcast)
The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond with Frank Bruni, Author & Journalist - The Puck Podcast, May 9
Frank Bruni Examines Our Age of Grievance - Next Big Idea Daily Podcast, May 9
The Age of Grievance - with Frank Bruni - Call Me Back Podcast with Dan Senor, May 9
Frank Bruni of the New York Times - Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast Podcast, May 10
Real Time With Bill Maher Season 22, Episode 15 - Real Time With Bill Maher, May 10
Frank Bruni on our culture of complaint - The Connection with Marty Mosse-Coane (NPR), May 10
Be My Guest with Ina Garten: Frank Bruni - Be My Guest with Ina Garten, May 12
Frank Bruni: The Age of Grievance - Free Library of Philadelphia, May 13
Frank Bruni on His New Book "The Age of Grievance" - Hugh Hewitt, May 13
Frank Bruni on Trump, Weaponizing American Pessimism & “The Age of Grievance” - Amanpour and Company, May 15
Frank Bruni: What an era of grievance means for longer tables - Longer Tables with José Andrés Podcast, May 16
Politics and Grievances with Frank Bruni - The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC), May 16