Motherhood & Words®

"It takes courage to write about motherhood in a culture that sets women with children on the sidelines, and it takes even greater courage to give voice to the powerful emotions and fears that swirl deep beneath the surface of our daily lives..." -Kathleen Hirsch and Katrina Kenison, Mothers

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

heartbreak and hoping

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Oh why did I do this to myself? Why? For class tomorrow, I’m having my students read Susan Ito’s “Samuel” and Suzanne Kamata ’s “You’re So L...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

weary

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I had a very long weekend. It was the USA Cup, which is (for those of you who don’t follow youth soccer) a week-long tournament in Minnesota...

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Monday, July 16, 2007

mothers' words speak volumes

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Check out the Star Tribune's parenting blog, Cribsheet , where I guestblogged about my Mother Words class. Writing from four of my stud...

Sunday, July 15, 2007

pining

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Yesterday Stella and I were running errands and I mentioned that Gahgee (what she calls my dad) was going to baby-sit because D. and I were...

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

garrison revisited

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A month ago I posted about Deborah Garrison's new book, The Second Child . I had the pleasure of speaking with Deborah on the phone a f...

Monday, July 9, 2007

there is nothing like

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becoming dizzy with blue sky and rustling leaves and swaying trucks as I stand among birch trees, staring straight up lying in bed at night,...

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

reading recap

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I have been relaxing up north (which is how we refer to Northern Minnesota), so I’m only now posting about the first (and hopefully annual) ...

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kate hopper: I'm a mama and writer and teacher. I've been helping mothers tell the stories they need to tell since 2006. I'm the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers and Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood, winner of a 2014 MIPA Midwest Book Award, and co-author of Silent Running, a memoir of one family’s journey with autism and running. My writing has appeared in a number of journals, including Brevity, Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Times online and Poets & Writers. I have an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and I teach online, in Ashland University’s Low-residency MFA program, and at the Loft Literary Center. For more information about my work visit www.katehopper.com. Join the discussion!

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