Talking about books, contemplation, spiritual practice, and more on podcasts dedicated to telling true stories about writing and writers
Hungry Authors
Our writing is a gift – both to ourselves and others. That’s what Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew teaches, and we loved getting to explore these ideas in this week’s episode! In this wide-ranging conversation about spiritual memoir, we cover:
- Loving your writing for its own sake, not for what it “does”
- Balancing marketability with honoring the complexity and authenticity of our experience
- The author’s “horseshoe” relationship with the reader in memoir
- Staying faithful to the gifts that you receive—and that you give—in your writing
- Does not finishing really mean failing at our book?
This Queer Book Saved My Life
“No one ever told me that I could be divine. That my sexuality was a gift.”
Sandy Hope says that Elizabeth’s Swinging on the Garden Gate saved her life. She and Elizabeth discuss this in this episode.
Via Poetica Journal
Elizabeth reads her essay, “The Calculus of Awe,” from Vita Poetica Journal’s Winter 2023 issue.
How to Heal Our Divides
This book interview explores Swinging on the Garden Gate with Elizabeth.
Byte Sized Blessings
From the host: Elizabeth has several stories to tell, and each are enchanting! This delightful author of several books has clearly been called from the start to a magical and delicious life! We talk how even the darkness has potentials in it and how going through a dark night of the soul can prepare one for the profoundest magic in one’s life.
Gay with God!
Stillness and Action – Plymouth Meaning Podcast
Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is one of the founders of the Plymouth Contemplative, a group that travels across Christian and other spiritual traditions exploring what emerges out of silence. We sat down to discuss her pathway into contemplation throught memoir writing and how that path led to a shift in her understanding of God.
Write On! Radio
Elizabeth discusses her memoir, Swinging on the Garden Gate, which discusses her experiences as a bisexual person of faith in a Christian community.
