Josiah Hesse
Author at Penguin Random House
Journalist: Guardian, VICE. Author of the #exvangelical psych-horror series, Carnality. And book on cannabis ultramarathoners, Runners High.
Articles
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2 months ago |
economichardship.org | Josiah Hesse
Culture, Education, Inequality Evangelical Education Nearly Ruined Me. Now the Christian Right Is Coming for Public Schools Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project’s James Ledbetter Fund and The Guardian. When I got the chance to attend a conservative, evangelical high school in rural Iowa, I was ecstatic.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
theguardian.com | Josiah Hesse
When I got the chance to attend a conservative, evangelical high school in rural Iowa, I was ecstatic. My early education had been in a similar school – where creationism was the one true science, and evolution was satanic propaganda – and I’d spent the interim as a frightened pilgrim in the unholy land of public school. I was a teenage zealot and longed to be among my people.
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Feb 9, 2025 |
theguardian.com | Josiah Hesse
Thousands took to the streets on Wednesday and Saturday last week following a series of dramatic raids by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) throughout Denver as protesters expressed solidarity with the undocumented and rage at Donald Trump’s war on immigrants.
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Dec 31, 2024 |
westword.com | Josiah Hesse
When I first began adding a bit of cannabis to my evening runs in 2012, edibles were wildly unpredictable in their dosage and effects, made up primarily of the leftover sugar trim from the plant.
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Oct 11, 2024 |
theguardian.com | Josiah Hesse
When crossing the state line from Wyoming into Colorado, drivers have recently been confronted with a giant billboard that reads: “Venezuela ahead, BE PREPARED!”The xenophobic political ad – funded by Donald Trump’s largest individual campaign donor – is, in part, a reaction to the more than 40,000 migrants who’ve arrived in the Denver metro area over the last two years, many of them Venezuelan families fleeing poverty and violence.
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A profoundly dirty, sexy, subversive and (in my opinion) absolutely hilarious story I told at the @unsent show. https://t.co/474VJXvgze
Book cover announcement! “On Fire For God” will be on shelves 1/26! The most ambitious, emotionally taxing project I’ve ever undertaken, the story is rooted in American history, yet also unpacks a septic tank of dark memories I’ve never had the courage to speak aloud. https://t.co/l5xoJOsNVo
It was such a treat writing this love letter to @denverlibrary for the Spring issue of @denversemagazine Warms my heart that there are still writers, comics, poets, and cartoonists in Denver putting together such a fun, edgy and relevant publication for a local audience. https://t.co/vzx1q95jkb