Jess Janz- The Table Where We Meet
About this Event
We all want to be known. Most of us just don’t know how to begin.
Moving through the busy-ness of life, Jess Janz found herself craving deeper conversations. What started as a casual idea became Dinner With Strangers: a growing movement where guests gather around a table, introduce themselves without ever mentioning work, and share who they are beyond the job title. No scripts, no expectations—just curiosity, courage, and a seat at the table.
In The Table Where We Meet, Jess reflects on what she’s learned from hosting dinners with more than a thousand strangers across North America. With essays that are both tender and practical, she explores what it means to belong, how to ask better questions, and why connection requires us to risk being truly seen.
A book for anyone who’s ever felt alone in a crowd, The Table Where We Meet is a guide, a memoir, and a quiet revolution—one conversation at a time.
Jess Janz is an essayist, poet and community facilitator whose work examines identity, softness, and the collective ache that binds us together. In 2017, she founded the wildly popular Dinner With Strangers, a monthly event that convenes disparate people around the table for beautiful meals and gutsy questions in cities across North America. Her work has been published in respected outlets such as Thought Catalog and Simplify Magazine.
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