Jamie Lynn Smith, assistant professor of English, will present the colloquium "In This World but Not of It: Literary Fiction and Spiritual Conflict” on Oct. 7. 

Smith’s presentation will focus on the intersection of Christianity and writing through personal examples. She will also perform a reading of her story “Because it Means ‘God is Gracious.’” 

Smith will also focus on questions of faith and how they’re played out in literary fiction. Her presentation is free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.