Robert Grudin is an interdisciplinary thinker concerned with the implications of human liberty.

His philosophical trilogy, Time and the Art of Living, The Grace of Great Things, and On Dialogue, examines questions of liberty and determinism in a variety of fields, with particular emphasis on psychology, politics, communications and creative endeavor.

Grudin's previous fiction (Book, a novel) and scholarship (Mighty Opposites) explore related themes. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the New York Times, the American Scholar, the Wall Street Journal, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Grudin's work has been widely reviewed, and his many public appearances include lectures to professional societies in science, technology, business, design, government, medicine, education, political science, and creative writing. He is a Senior Associate at the Foresight Institute in Palo Alto, California. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1992-93.

Robert Grudin graduated from Harvard College and received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. Until 1998 he was a professor of English at the University of Oregon.

 

Grace Ku is a freelance artist based in San Francisco. Her talents include web design, illustration, painting, poetry, and art direction. A graduate of the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, Grace landed on Earth in 1976 and recalls, at age five, being inspired by Van Gough. Her art is devoted to honest feelings.

 

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