River Jordan is an author, speaker, teacher, and radio host. As a Southerner with a
global perspective she is a passionate advocate for the power of story.
River’s writing career began as a playwright and she spent over ten years writing and
directing. She is the author of four novels; The Gin Girl, The Messenger of Magnolia.
Street, Saints in Limbo, and Mercy Land, and three spiritual memoirs; Praying for
Strangers, Confessions of A Christian Mystic, and The Ancient Way. Her work has
been most frequently cast in the company of such writers as Flannery O’Conner,
William Faulkner, and Harper Lee. Ms. Jordan has been a regular contributor to
Psychology Today and a host of the radio program, Clearstory, which aired from
Nashville for over fifteen years, where she interviewed award-winning and best-selling
authors of all genres. She is currently launching a new podcast, God on the Rocks,
which features soulful conversations with authors, artists, musicians and other cool
humans hanging out at a virtual jazz bar talking about their favorite things. Upcoming
episodes feature the work of Nick Cave, Bluegrass Music, Bono, Bladerunner, Noir
films, and secret villages of Italy.
Stories:
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