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Writing

Writing by Jessica Claire Haney

Fiction

  • (Forthcoming, in spring 2023) “Chrysalis” in Jarnal III from Mason Jar Press
  • (Forthcoming, in spring 2023) “Learning to Walk” in Grace in Love: D.C. Women Writers, vol. IX
  • “Rescue” – Delmarva Review 15 & Spy
  • “Under Construction” – Gargoyle 74
  • “Navigating” – Grace in Darkness: D.C. Women Writers, vol. VIII
    • Read this interview about “Navigating”
  • “Out of Scale” – Abundant Grace: D.C. Women Writers, vol. VII

The two stories in the Paycock Press Grace & Gravity series and the story in Gargoyle 74 are adapted from my novel, The Unspeakable Passing of Clouds, for which I’m currently seeking representation.

Poetry

  • “Convex/Concave” – Literary Mama blog
  • “Remains” – Washington Writers’ Publishing House
  • “Pace” and “Eleven One” – Written in Arlington anthology
  • “Spring Sestina for a Teen Mother” – Porcupine Literary (nominated for Best of the Net)
  • “#23a. HOW DID THIS PERSON USUALLY GET TO WORK LAST WEEK?” – Beltway Poetry Quarterly
  • “White Male” – Hip Mama
  • “Invitation to My Brother” – Earth’s Daughters
  • “Fitting Form” – Court Green
  • “Taking it In, and Out” – Exhale Magazine and “Cesarean Voices” Exhibit sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)

Essays

  • “My Long Climb Out of Chronic Lyme”– Healthy Women
  • “Yes, I Want My White Kids Challenged to Question Their Privilege” – Huffington Post
  • “Remembering the Uncle My Children Will Never Know” – Scary Mommy
  • “Seeing is Believing” – Birth Writes: A Collection of Real-Life Birth Stories.
  • “(Into and) Out of the Mouths of Babes” and “From Here to There” – Have Milk, Will Travel: Adventures in Breastfeeding
  • “The First Time Around” – From the Heart: A Collection of Stories and Poems from the Front Lines of Parenting
  • “Attemptus Interruptus,” Exhale Magazine
  • “Caring for Your Inner Child,” Journal of Attachment Parenting International
  • “My Name is … What?” Motherverse Blog
  • Jessica’s essays on Medium
    • Live From Here got me through a separation. Then it got canceled.
    • What if your kids suck at Mother’s Day?
    • Unpredictability: The only sure thing about pandemic parenting
    • How the Indigo Girls broke Facebook but soothed 60,000 hearts

Articles

  • “5 Ways to Help Kids Connect with Nature” – Washington FAMILY Magazine
  • “The Benefits of Craniosacral Therapy” – Washington FAMILY Magazine
  • “Nat Geo Gender Revolution Documentary is a Must-See,” TheDCMoms.com
  • “Labor Day Rallies Call for ‘Improving Birth,'” Mothering.com
  • “Alexandria Symphony Children’s Arts Festival Celebrates Harlem Renaissance,” Alexandria Patch
  • “Birth Advocates Strategize for Decreased Maternal Mortality,” Leesburg Patch
  • “Smithsonian’s Hirshorn Museum Nurse-In Draws Large Crowd” Mothering.com
  • “NIH says remove barriers to VBAC,” Mothering Magazine
  • “Classical Music for Little Fingers and Ears,” The Washington Post
  • “Fizzy’s Lunch Lab a Little Fuzzy on Nutrition” – Hartke is Online!
  • “Freecycle: Fast, Frugal, Friendly,” The Wise Mom, Holistic Moms Network

Multiple articles on healthy living and mindful parenting my lifestyle magazine for natural-minded parents in Metro DC, Mindful Healthy Life

Interviews

  • “Director of Birth Story on Mothering While Filmmaking: Interview with Sara Lamm” – Mothering.com
  • “Sustainable Farmer and Author Forrest Pritchard on Parenting” – TheDCMoms.com
  • “Weekend Workshop to Show a New Way of Life for a New Year: Interview with Claudia Welch” – TheDCMoms.com
  • “Author Katrina Kenison Comes to DC Yoga Studio” – TheDCMoms.com

Appearances

For links to television appearances, readings and other events where I have spoken, see the Appearances page.

Blogs

My personal blog is Crunchy-Chewy Mama.

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I wrote hundreds of posts on natural living, holistic parenting and family wellness on Mindful Healthy Life, the lifestyle magazine for natural-minded parents in Metro DC I founded in 2014 and published through Earth Day 2022.

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I also blogged at TheDCMoms.com.

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I wrote the column “Reading Ingredients for Healthy Living” at The Washington Times Communities Health and Science section 2009-2013

 

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