Jeff Sharlet
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: slowcivilwar.substack.com
- Thanks for reading, friend. This weird little detour decades ago shaped so much of my writing life. And professional life. And, you know, life.
- Congratulations! Been an admirer of your work since _The Family_ was first published; wait, no--actually, since its percursor, "Jesus Plus Nothing" appeared in _Harper's_, back in 2003. A link here in case any reader's unfamiliar with that truly superb piece: harpers.org/archive/2003...
- Driving through rural North Dakota, barn side painted white with giant blue letters: FREE KILMAR.
- Imagine being a cadet at West Point now--some of the most elite future officers in the world--and being told you can't read an American Nobelist, Toni Morrison, even as the government you're to serve decides that the only refugees it'll permit--indeed, seek--are white Afrikaners.
- Trumpers talking abouu suspending habeas corpus. If your fuzzy on what that is, read this. If you know but say, “just talk,” read this. If you’re one who says, “I can’t even with the news,” read so you’ll know how and why this is next level bad. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
- I asked if I could take his picture. Yes. I stepped across a band of shit. The pigeons began to frighten. Too close. A cloud of gray & blue & pink rushed at me. He looked up. Bare of birds. He said nothing. I stepped back. The birds returned. Together they ate. He said “Now,” & I took my picture.
- It’s not new anymore, but this real time, this succinct, it’s just pure poison.
- Columbia University At 9:44 pm, the Secretary of State tweets a threat about protesters at Columbia University today. He says, "We are reviewing the visa status." link: x.com/SecRubio/sta...
