REMINDER: Founder’s Day with Jeff Sharlet

Bette members — please register for Sunday’s Founder’s Day event with Jeff Sharlet, who will be reading passages from his book, The Undertow, April 14, 4 pm PT

****Registration link for Sunday’s Founder’s Day event with Jeff Sharlet is below the paywall. Please upgrade to a paid membership by smashing the green button!***

Independent investigative reporters require cash and stamina.

I am grateful to possess an abundance of the latter, but when a Bette member suggested I take some time off, I explained my survival as a bourgeois troublemaker doesn’t allow for much down town.

She then provided the means for me to have the option to take a break — there are so many angels in this devilish time — so today I was mostly a layabout. I stocked up on my favorite bagels — Belle’s Bagels on York — and finally got around to watching that Sandrine Bonnaire film I had been trying to watch for two months. She is the star of Agnes Varda’s Vagabond and today I watched her first starring film, À Nos Amours, about a teenage girl looking for love in all the wrong places — an attempt to escape a home life where people communicated with their fists.

It’s amazing what a lazy afternoon can do to reinvigorate the spirit to tackle the work at hand.

Tonight, I am looking forward to crushing it on another Byline investigation, while banging out a few Bette items.

And thanks to the kindness of my Founding Members, I am opening this Sunday’s Founder’s Day to ALL PAYING MEMBERS. OG monthly and annual members who support me above the annual rate have already been upgraded.

New members can access the registration link below the paywall.

I am only able to offer first-year specials because of the generosity of those who have upgraded to Founding Member, and I am paying your generosity forward by opening up this invitation to all levels of support.

Without further ado, here are the details:

Jeff Sharlet Returns to Bette!

Thank you to everyone who supports this work with a membership — you have made it possible for me to open my archives to help counter the onslaught of infinitely funded disinformation.

We had a wonderful and inspiring Happy Hour with David Pepper this week, and I am so looking forward to Founder’s Day with Jeff Sharlet.

I need to soothe my soul by hearing Jeff read from his brilliant book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Moving Civil War.

Here is a print report on this brave poet from 2023:

ICYMI: ‘Lucid Dreaming’ - Lessons from Jeff Sharlet, A Brave Poet

We’re going to do things differently for this event — we’re just going to listen to Jeff read his words and reflect on how he feels about them in light of all that has transpired since he published his book.

As always, I am so grateful to those of you who support the work of our guests, and if you have not already purchased a copy of The Undertow, please do so here.

More about Jeff:

Jeff Sharlet is the New York Times and national bestselling author of THE FAMILY and C STREET, and executive producer of the 2019 Netflix five-part documentary series based on them, THE FAMILY. His newest book is THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War (W.W. Norton, March 2023). His other books include THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS, SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE, and RADIANT TRUTHS. With Peter Manseau he wrote KILLING THE BUDDHA and edited BELIEVER, BEWARE. Of SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE, The Washington Post writes, "This book belongs in the tradition of long-form, narrative nonfiction best exemplified by Joan Didion, John McPhee [and] Norman Mailer… Sharlet deserves a place alongside such masters.” An article for GQ that became the beginning of THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS won a National Magazine Award, and excerpts from C STREET were honored with the Molly Ivins Prize, the Thomas Jefferson Award, the Outspoken Award, and the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association's prize for feature writing. Barbara Ehrenreich called THE FAMILY "one of the most compelling and brilliantly researched exposes you'll ever read."

Jeff is the Frederick Sessions Beebe '35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmouth College, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and editor-at-large for VQR. He has been a frequent commentator on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show," "All in With Chris," and NPR's "Fresh Air." He has received grants and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, the Blue Mountain Center, The Nation Institute, and other organizations. His writing on music has twice been featured in the annual BEST MUSIC WRITING volume.

RadPod’s interview with him is epic.

If you would like to join us, please join or upgrade here.

Veteran members who renewed at the original annual rate have been upgraded to Founding Member, as well as Bette members who frequently donate to my ko-fi fund. And do note: you can put your own amount in to become a Founder, so it’s any amount above a full annual membership price. As I noted — exclusive to this event, I am opening up registration to all levels of membership as a thank you to everyone who supports me at the Founding Member level.

Thank you!

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Bette Dangerous is a reader-funded magazine. Thank you to all monthly, annual, and founding members. Thank you as well to all those who support my work with your generous coffee tips and who buy my ebooks. Some of you prefer making subsidizing donations via venmo, and it’s always greatly appreciated.

Members access all content and receive invites to our weekly Happy Hour, and our Speakeasy guest events.

Founding Members who support me at the premium level will be invited to our monthly Founder’s Day events — please upgrade to Founding Member if you would like to join us for these special intimate occasions to meet global experts. Our most recent Founder’s Day with war photojournalist was magical. Here is a print recap:

‘Hold Your Nerve’ — A Q & A with War Photojournalist Paul Conroy

Also, a private link to an annual membership discount for older adults, those on fixed incomes or drawing disability, as well as activists and members of the media is available upon request at bettedangerous@gmail.com. 🥹

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Begin each day with a grateful heart.

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