Jessica travels to speak about spiritual writing; literary nonfiction; magazine journalism; religion reporting and editing; the intersection of creativity and trauma; horror fiction and films; motherhood and women in the church; and building creative communities. Click here to book Jessica.
Previous Engagements
Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, University of Notre Dame
Collegeville Institute Emerging Writers Program
Christian Theological Seminary
Associated Writing Programs
The Catholic Imagination Conference, Loyola University Chicago
Writing Your Life, Indianapolis, IN
Festival of Friendship, Pittsburgh, PA
Terra Incognita: The Convivium Gathering, Pittsburgh, PA
Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids
Tales of Loss and Longing, Chicago
CONVIVIUM: A Literary Gathering, Pittsburgh
Taylor University
Religion Communicators Council Convention, Chicago
(Media Panel Plenary: Covering Religion in an Age of Corporatized Media and Self-Made Bubbles: with editors and writers from CBS Radio and Chicago Tribune.)
St. James Cathedral, Chicago
Monmouth College
University of Notre Dame
Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, Harvard
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