ReEcho Journal- Issue 2

Catherine Ricketts is editor-in-chief of Re:Echo Journal. She is the author of The Mother Artist: Portraits of Ambition, Limitation, and Creativity (Broadleaf, 2024). Her essays appear in Image, Comment, The Christian Century, Ploughshares and elsewhere. She lives near Philadelphia and works at Villanova University.

Kory Stamper has been a professional editor for over 25 years and has edited works for small journals and large publishing houses. She is currently a freelance copyeditor and proofreader with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, where she works on nonfiction and fiction in translation. Kory is also the author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries and True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink. She roasts her own coffee.

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Janelle is a multimedia artist specializing in graphic design and cinematography, drawn to stories that sit at the intersection of music, community, and social change. Her video work includes Storming (forthcoming on Independent Lens), PBS docuseries Getting Off the Streets, Live on KEXP, and At: Guitar Center. Her illustration and design work spans the full breadth of human endeavor — from global NGOs to Trader Joe’s. She is currently Art Director and Graphic Designer at inquisitive Magazine by Heterodox Academy — where she wrangles esoteric ideas into well-behaved visuals. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children, and can usually be found reading, daydreaming and staring at the sky.

 Annelise Jolley is an award-winning essayist and journalist and author of the forthcoming book Mother of Flesh and Blood, which reimagines Mary through the eyes of early motherhood. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction and lives in California with her family.

Chine McDonald is a writer, broadcaster and director of the UK think tank, Theos. She is author of God Is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations (2021) and Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood (2025). She is vice-chair of Greenbelt Festival, and a trustee of Christian Aid and Demos.

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William Mangold has three children and is on the faculty at Drexel University where he teaches interior architecture and design. His work explores the reciprocal relationship between people and place through ideas like home, atmosphere, and social responsibility.

Jon Mansen is a ThD candidate at Duke, writing on the Book of Job and its intersection with poetic contests and rap music. He is married with three daughters and aspires to write at The Onion.

Born in Cincinnati, Joshua now writes, teaches and makes his home in Philadelphia with his wife and two special needs cats. His previous writing has appeared in The Carolina Quarterly, Brilliant Corners, Channel Magazine, and the Raleigh Review. 

Hallie Waugh is a poet and essayist. She holds an MFA in poetry and is currently serving as the inaugural Poet Laureate for the Oklahoma Metropolitan Library. She lives in Oklahoma City with her husband and sons.