Name: Witnessing What’s There: Writing Attention in a Wounded World
Start: 2026-04-18T14:30:00-0400
End: 2026-04-18T15:15:00-0400

Witnessing What’s There: Writing Attention in a Wounded World

Saturday April 18, 2026 2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT

Chapel

Daniel José Camacho and Alejandra Oliva explore writing as an act of paying attention—especially in places marked by structural suffering. In this conversation, they consider how faithful witnessing becomes a moral and spiritual practice, inviting writers to see clearly, name truthfully, and cultivate a gaze that honors both human dignity and the possibility of repair.

Book signing follows in the Chapel Narthex

Speakers

Daniel José Camacho

Daniel José Camacho is currently working on a book about Bartolomé de las Casas with Avid Reader Press. Previously an editor at Sojourners and Fortress Press, he won a Robert B. Silvers Foundation Grant for his essay "Saint Augustine's Slave Play," which became one of the top-t... Read More →

Alejandra Oliva

Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer and translator. Her book, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration, was published by Astra House, and received a Whiting Nonfiction Grant. She was the Yale Whitney Humanities Center Franke Visiting Fellow in Spring 2022... Read More →

Saturday April 18, 2026 2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT
Chapel

Concurrent Session, Conversation

2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

Daniel José Camacho

Alejandra Oliva

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2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

Daniel José Camacho

Alejandra Oliva

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