John Feffer | |
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| Education | Haverford College |
| Website | http://www.johnfeffer.com/ |
John Feffer (born 1963) is an author and currently director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.1 He is a fellow at the Open Society Foundations.2 His books include Crusade 2.0 (City Lights, 2012), a description of contemporary attacks on Islam; North Korea/South Korea: US Policy and the Korean Peninsula, a description of current US policy towards Korea and its limitations; Power Trip, a narrative of American unilateralism during the George W. Bush administration; and Living in Hope, a description of creative responses by local communities to the challenges of globalization. His latest book, Pandemic Pivot (Seven Stories Press, 2020), reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for transformative change coming out of the pandemic.3
Feffer is a contributor to The Huffington Post. He has written the satirical plays The Pundit and The Politician, performed in 2012 and 2013 respectively at Washington's Capital Fringe Festival.2
He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.4
Awards and fellowships
- Herbert W. Scoville Fellowship (1988)5
Written works
- Foamers: A Novel of Suspense (Scribner, 1997)
- All Over the Map (Smashwords, 2012)
- Crusade 2.0 (City Lights Publishers, 2012)
- Splinterlands (Haymarket Books, 2016)
- Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe's Broken Dreams (Zed Books, 2017)
- Frostlands (Haymarket Books, 2018) Splinterlands Book 2
- The Pandemic Pivot: A Report from the Institute for Policy Studies, The Transnational Institute, and Focus on the Global South (Seven Stories Press, 2020)
- Songlands (Haymarket Books, 2021) Splinterlands Book 3
References
References
- "John Feffer - Institute for Policy Studies". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
- Gavin, Patrick (12 July 2013). "D.C.'s 'Revolving Door' Now Onstage". Politico. Politico. p. 21. Retrieved Aug 2, 2024.
- Feffer, John. "Pandemic Pivot". Seven Stories Press. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- "Books by DSA Authors" (PDF). Democratic Left. Democratic Socialists of America. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- "Directory of Scoville Peace Fellows".