With Blair Hurley, author of Minor Prophets
Minor Prophets steps into the thorny history of religious fundamentalism in America, and the elusive power of cults in our society. It is a story of how faith and fundamentalism fortify American identity, and how women’s bodies are the battlefields upon which spiritual wars are waged.
Nora is growing up in a militant apocalyptic religious cult deep in remote Michigan. When her father, the group’s charismatic leader, discovers his young daughter’s gift for speaking in tongues and prophesying, he employs her to recruit others into their community. But as she grows older, Nora begins to question her faith and her appointed role—and must choose between committing herself fully or being exiled into the foreign and frightening world beyond.
Years later, struggling to navigate the baffling customs of the "normal" life she is now leading, a foreboding letter arrives from her old community that opens the door to the shattering truth of what really happened on the day of her escape.
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Blair Hurley is the author of the books Minor Prophets and The Devoted, which was longlisted for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Her story, The Telepathist, was listed as a “Distinguished Story” in Best American Short Stories 2022. She is a Pushcart Prize winner and an ASME Fiction award finalist.
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