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Hello! I'm Outgoing.I help make life more interesting.
This event is in the past.It took place on February 12, 2026 at Green Apple Books on the Park.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkJosiah Hesse returns to his Iowa hometown to unpack how evangelical pastors preached prosperity while siphoning wealth from working-class believers. His memoir On Fire for God reframes the Christian right as a story of religious trauma and economic betrayal, not just politics.
Author talk
Memoir
Political nonfiction
Exvangelical perspective
Tips
đ"one part Educated, one part rebuttal to Hillbilly Elegy"
â"the antidote to J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy" (Kirkus)
đmasks encouraged for in-person attendance
9th Ave: Josiah Hesse
Inner Sunset
Literature TalkLiterature TalkJosiah Hesse returns to his Iowa hometown to unpack how evangelical pastors preached prosperity while siphoning wealth from working-class believers. His memoir On Fire for God reframes the Christian right as a story of religious trauma and economic betrayal, not just politics.
Author talk
Memoir
Political nonfiction
Exvangelical perspective
Tips
đ"one part Educated, one part rebuttal to Hillbilly Elegy"
â"the antidote to J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy" (Kirkus)
đmasks encouraged for in-person attendance
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