Jared Yates Sexton is the author of American Rule, The Man They Wanted Me to Be and The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore. His political writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The New Republic, Politico, and Salon.com. Sexton is also the host of the Muckrake podcast, the author of three collections of fiction, and an associate professor of creative writing at Georgia Southern University.
Praise for The Midnight Kingdom
"An episodic jeremiad in the best tradition of that word, The
Midnight Kingdom is warning and lament, a people’s history of
apocalypse in the mind and actions of Western empire from the Great
Fire of Rome to the Trumpocene. In print and by podcast, Jared
Yates Sexton has been steadily expanding his deep inquiry into the
ideas that informed his own fundamentalist roots and now shape
today’s Christian nationalist attack on the democratic dream. This
book is Sexton’s most ambitious yet, powered by cool anger but
girded with the hope that even at this late hour gives his work its
beautiful strength.”—Jeff Sharlet, bestselling author of The Family
and The Undertow
"Jared Yates Sexton is indispensable to understanding our
tumultuous political era. He does not shy away from America’s dark
history, but instead delves into the shadows in order to find the
light. The Midnight Kingdom is yet another vital entry in his
ongoing chronicle of a West in disarray and decline."—Sarah
Kendzior, author of They Knew: How A Culture of Conspiracy Keeps
America Complacent
“Jared Yates Sexton is a modern day Cassandra who uses his
considerable intellect, historical knowledge, and effective writing
skills to illuminate, shake, warn, and wake up the majority to the
looming threats attacking our fledgling democracy. In his latest
book The Midnight Kingdom Sexton connects the dots, names and
names, and reveals how corrupt gatekeepers of religious, political,
and economic institutions have continued to abuse wealth, white
supremacy, and revisionist narratives to maintain systems of
inequity and oppression. With this book, however, the majority will
have the knowledge and righteous fury to finally rise up and fight
back.”—Wajahat Ali, author of Go Back To Where You Came From
“If power is built and sustained through storytelling—something
Jared Yates Sexton argues decisively in this sweeping and
empathetic history—then Sexton has proved himself a worthy
adversary of those who would wish to pass off American mythology
for reality. Digging deep into American stories, rife with
half-truths and outright inventions, Sexton's incisive history not
only offers a more accurate vision into our complex past—it just
may be a first step toward a future no longer dominated by
prejudice, paranoia, and fear.”—Jess McHugh, author of
Americanon
"A diffuse but sharp argument against the countless dangers of too
much belief in the unproven and unseen."—Kirkus
“The Midnight Kingdom is a gripping read that flirts with but never
gives in to cynicism. Solid writing that dives into generous detail
without ever over-explaining bolsters Sexton’s well-researched
appeal.”—New York Journal of Books
“As evidenced by more than 1,000 endnotes, Sexton's research in
both primary and secondary sources is prodigious. In crisp and
efficient prose, he discourses on subjects as diverse as the power
of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages, the age of colonialism,
or 20th-century American politics. His opinions will elicit
enthusiastic assent from some readers and vigorous disagreement
from others.”—Shelf Awareness
“Sexton, author of American Rule and cohost of The Muckrake
political podcast, traces the forces roiling American politics…the
context he delivers will enrich the discussion.”—Booklist
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