Blogging the 2024 DNC The Common Reader goes to Chicago to check in with the Democratic Party.

John Griswold

The 2024 Democratic National Convention Issue
2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago
The 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago (Photos by John Griswold)

John Griswold

John Griswold is a staff writer at The Common Reader. His most recent book is a collection of essays, The Age of Clear Profit: Essays on Home and the Narrow Road (UGA Press 2022). His previous collection was Pirates You Don’t Know, and Other Adventures in the Examined Life. He has also published a novel, A Democracy of Ghosts, and a narrative nonfiction book, Herrin: The Brief History of an Infamous American City. He was the founding Series Editor of Crux, a literary nonfiction book series at University of Georgia Press. His work has been included and listed as notable in Best American anthologies.