a new book available March 2026!
Beyond Red and Blue
staying Human in Divided Times
In a time when political conversations feel more like combat than connection, Beyond Red and Blue offers a refreshing alternative. With humor, heart, and hard-won humility, Scott Grace invites readers to step out of tribal thinking and back into their shared humanity—without asking anyone to abandon their values or convictions. Blending personal stories, poetic insight, and disarming wit, this is not a book about changing minds so much as softening hearts. It’s for anyone exhausted by outrage, hungry for nuance, and ready to remember that beneath every opinion lives a trembling human being, doing their best in divided times.
What Authors Are Saying About Beyond Red and Blue
In Beyond Red and Blue, Scott Grace offers a luminous roadmap for healing the heart of humanity in these divided times.
“This isn’t just another political book—it’s a love letter to our shared humanity.”
Every so often a book comes along that is so timely, its message so urgently needed, that I wish the whole world would get its hands on it.
“Beyond Red and Blue is a breath of fresh air in a world that often feels like it’s shouting at itself.”
Voting for Trump was a no-brainer for me, yet I value people like Scott Grace who hold opposing views and still want good outcomes. In Beyond Red and Blue, Scott builds a purple bridge across the red-versus-blue divide, inviting readers on both sides to expand their circle of understanding without dehumanizing ‘the other side.
Who is Scott Grace?
Scott Grace is a speaker, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and author who blends humor, storytelling, music, and spiritual insight to help people stay human in challenging times.
Known for his playful alter ego The Spiritual Dr. Seuss, Scott has spent decades exploring what happens when fear loosens its grip and curiosity takes the wheel. His work invites people across the political, cultural, and spiritual spectrum to engage one another with more presence, compassion, and laughter—without pretending differences don’t exist.
Scott is (obviously) the author of Beyond Red and Blue: Staying Human in Divided Times, and has also penned Mindful Masculinity, How to Evolve During the Trump Experience (Whether Humanity Joins You or Not), Teach Me How to Love, and Oh, the Places Your Ego Will Go! Across his books, talks, and live performances, he weaves together heartfelt personal stories, poetic reflections, comic brilliance, original songs, and moments of disarming honesty.
Whether he’s writing about polarization, inner critics, or fairy houses built in the dirt with his daughter, Scott’s focus remains the same: helping people reconnect with their hearts, their humanity, and each other.
A longtime student of mindfulness and spiritual psychology, Scott believes growth doesn’t happen in the courtroom of the mind—it happens on the playground. His work encourages readers and audiences to step out of fear-based reactivity and back into curiosity, creativity, and connection.
Scott lives, writes, and sings his way through life with gratitude, humility, and a healthy distrust of taking himself too seriously.
