Writing by Jessica Claire Haney
Fiction
- “Breath” in Literary Mama
- “Death by Butter” in Maryland Literary Review
- “Atmospherics”* in Gargoyle Online #6
- “Teeth in It” and “Finders Keepers” in Gargoyle Online #5
- “Chrysalis” in Jarnal III from Mason Jar Press
- “Learning to Walk”* in Grace in Love: D.C. Women Writers, vol. X
- “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 and republished online in “From the Attic”
“Navigating” and “Out of Scale” and the story in Gargoyle 74 are adapted from my novel, The Unspeakable Passing of Clouds, for which I’m currently seeking representation.
* “Rescue,” “Learning to Walk” and “Atmospherics” are included in the short fiction collection Around the Collar, which was longlisted for the 2022 Regal House Publishing W.S. Porter Prize.
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
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 was Crunchy-Chewy Mama.
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.
I also blogged at TheDCMoms.com.
I wrote the column “Reading Ingredients for Healthy Living” at The Washington Times Communities Health and Science section 2009-2013