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Blair Hurley

Blair Hurley
Blair Hurley is the author of The Devoted, which was longlisted for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Her second novel, Minor Prophets, was published in 2023. Her work is published in New England Review, Electric Literature, The Georgia Review, Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere. 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.


The Bolt Bus Was My Biweekly Bardo: Life Between Writer and Daughter

Blair Hurley on the Inability to Sustain Her Writer-Self on Weekends
April 17, 2023  By Blair Hurley
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The Best Stories Break at Least One of Their Own Rules

Blair Hurley Recommends You Try Touching the Bear
April 3, 2018  By Blair Hurley
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My Mother is Gone, But Her Edits Remain

On Grief, Writing, and Jhumpa Lahiri
July 6, 2016  By Blair Hurley
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