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Catalyst Radio: Modern religious storytelling and the Festival of Faith & Writing

Catalyst Radio
Catalyst Radio
4/14/16 09:13am
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Host Jessica Young talks to Lisa Ann Cockrel, director of the Festival of Faith & Writing about the landscape of modern religious storytelling, including festival guests Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Sarah Bessey, and Nadia Bolz-Weber.

About Catalyst Radio

Catalyst Radio is the weekly public affairs radio program of Community Media Center, with co-hosts Michele Fife, Katie Gordon and Jessica Young. The program is a feature of WYCE and The Rapidian and includes interviews with organizations and people working on community issues, public affairs, social justice, and media literacy. You can catch it on air at noon every Friday on WYCE 88.1 FM or streaming on the Grand Rapids Community Media Center Website.

Lisa Ann Cockrel, director of the Festival of Faith & Writing

Lisa Ann Cockrel, director of the Festival of Faith & Writing /Lisa Ann Cockrel

We met Lisa Ann Cockrel, director of the Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College. 2,000 writers and readers of any or no faith will attend the festival April 14-16 at Calvin College campus to learn and discuss ethics, liberation, world views, the sacred & supernatural, humanity and the order of existence. Catalyst Radio host Jessica Young talks with Lisa about the landscape of modern religious storytelling, including festival guests Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Sarah Bessey and Nadia Bolz-Weber.

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