Jeff Sharlet writes literary--or what he calls "mutant"--journalism about religion and culture in the U.S., notably in the books Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country In Between (2011), The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (2008), and, with Peter Manseau, Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible (2004). His latest work, Radiant Truths: Essential Dispatches, Reports, Confessions, and Other Essays on American Belief (2014), gathers works from American writers from Whitman to Francine Prose on the subject of spirituality. According to The Washington Post, “[Sweet Heaven When I Die] belongs to the tradition of long-form, narrative nonfiction best exemplified by Joan Didion, John McPhee, [and] Norman Mailer.... Sharlet deserves a place alongside such masters.”
Free and open to the public; no tickets necessary. Book-signing after the reading, along with a public reception. Presented by the Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writer Series and the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English. For more information about Jeff Sharlet, go to http://jeffsharlet.com/ Questions, call 612-625-6366.