Running Toward Water - Paperback

Filbrun, Jenna Wysong: - Jenna Wysong Filbrun lives in Indiana with her husband, Mike, and their dogs, Oliver and Lewis. Her poems have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net and have appeared in a variety of literary magazines and journals. Running Toward Water is her second full-length collection of poems. She is also the author of Away (Finishing Line Press, 2023) and a chapbook, The Unsaid Words (Finishing Line Press, 2020). Filbrun is currently a student in The Center for Action and Contemplation's Living School: The Essentials of Engaged Contemplation. She is a member of The Franciscan Action Network's Virtual Justice Circle and the Closer Than Breath online contemplative community. She attends East Goshen Mennonite Church and helps manage the tiny pantry at The Center for Healing & Hope. She works as an occasional math tutor and enjoys interacting with high school students and their families through her husband Mike's role as a high school math teacher and tennis coach. Filbrun cares deeply for the Earth and the dignity of all beings. She and Mike enjoy hiking, especially in Colorado when they can make the trip west, watching episodes of The Office and random shows on PBS Passport, learning to identify nearby flora and fauna, and being out among the trees, plants, and creatures to listen.