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SUMMARY:“The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War” with Jeff Sharlet
DESCRIPTION:\nJeff Sharlet is the Frederick Sessions Beebe ’35 Professor
in the Art of Writing and Director of Creative Writing at Dartmouth Col
lege and author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.\n\nAn ins
tant New York Times bestseller\, The Undertow is an unmatched guide to t
he religious dimensions of American politics\, and shows how the task of
binding our nation together is a daunting one\, but the fate of America
n democracy depends on it.\n\nSharlet is also the author of The Family:
The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power\, which was ada
pted into a Netflix documentary series\, and This Brilliant Darkness: A
Book of Strangers.\n\nHis reporting on LGBTIQ+ rights around the world h
as received the National Magazine Award\, the Molly Ivins Prize\, and Ou
tright International’s Outspoken Award. His writing and photography have
appeared in many publications\, including Vanity Fair\, for which he is
a contributing editor\; The New York Times Magazine\; GQ\; Esquire\; Ha
rper’s Weekly\; and VQR\, for which he is an editor at large.\n\nFor mor
e details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/jeff-sharlet/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Jeff Sharlet is
the Frederick Sessions Beebe ’35 Professor in the Art of Writing and Di
rector of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and author of T
he Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.
An instant New
York Times bestseller, The Undertow is an unmatched guide to t
he religious dimensions of American politics, and shows how the task of
binding our nation together is a daunting one, but the fate of American
democracy depends on it.
Sharlet is also the author of The Fam
ily: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, whic
h was adapted into a Netflix documentary series, and This Brilliant
Darkness: A Book of Strangers.
His reporting on LGBTIQ+ right
s around the world has received the National Magazine Award, the Molly I
vins Prize, and Outright International’s Outspoken Award. His writing an
d photography have appeared in many publications, including Vanity F
air, for which he is a contributing editor; The New York Times
Magazine; GQ; Esquire; Harper’s Weekly;
and VQR, for which he is an editor at large.
For more det
ails: https://ev
ents.la.psu.edu/event/jeff-sharlet/
URL:http://democracy.psu.edu/events
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