Jessica Mesman

Memoir, Spirituality

Jessica Mesman is associate editor of the Christian Century, a widely published author of essays, the cofounder and curator of the blog Sick Pilgrim, and the author of Strange Journey and her memoir (coauthored with Amy Andrews Alznauer), Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship in Letters. She has served as online editor and host of the Image Podcast, as managing editor of the literary magazine Creative Nonfiction, and was a longtime cultural columnist for U.S. Catholic Magazine.


Festival Years: 2016, 2018