Susan Griffin
Encyclopedia
Susan Griffin is an eco-feminist
author. She describes her work as "draw[ing] connections between the destruction of nature, the diminishment of women and racism, and trac[ing] the causes of war to denial in both private and public life." She received a MacArthur
grant for Peace and International Cooperation, an NEA
Fellowship, and an Emmy Award
for the play Voices.
Susan Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943 and has resided in California since then.
Ecofeminism
Ecofeminism is a social and political movement which points to the existence of considerable common ground between environmentalism and feminism, with some currents linking deep ecology and feminism...
author. She describes her work as "draw[ing] connections between the destruction of nature, the diminishment of women and racism, and trac[ing] the causes of war to denial in both private and public life." She received a MacArthur
MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in the United States. Based in Chicago but supporting non-profit organizations that work in 60 countries, MacArthur has awarded more than US$4 billion since its inception in 1978...
grant for Peace and International Cooperation, an NEA
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship, and an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for the play Voices.
Susan Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943 and has resided in California since then.
Writings of Susan Griffin (1967 to present)
- Woman and Nature: the Roaring Inside Her (1978) Ecofeminist treatise
- Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature (1981) Sociological aspects of pornography
- Unremembered Country: poems (Copper Canyon PressCopper Canyon PressCopper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, specializing in the publication of poetry and located in the picturesque town of Port Townsend, Washington. Since 1972, the Press has published poetry exclusively and has established an international reputation for its commitment to...
, 1987) - A Chorus of Stones: the Private Life of War (1993) Psychological aspects of violence, war, womanhood
- The Eros of Everyday Life: Essays on Ecology, Gender and Society (1995)
- Bending Home: Selected New Poems, 1967-1998 (Copper Canyon Press, 1998)
- What Her Body Thought: a Journey into the Shadows (1999)
- The Book of the Courtesans: a Catalogue of Their Virtues (2001)
- Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen (2008)
- Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World, co-edited with Karen Lofthus Carrington (University of California Press, 2011)