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

Friday, February 27, 2009

humbled

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I am so humbled by Cribsheet's post today . Kay and May have been such stalwart supporters of my students, my teaching, and my writing....

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Monday, February 23, 2009

mother words essays on cribsheet

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Hey, I wanted to let you know that it's Mother Words week over at the StarTribune 's Cribsheet . May and Kay are featuring essays fr...

Sunday, February 22, 2009

one small place

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Do you know those evenings, those very long evenings when you look at the clock at 5 p.m. and can’t believe there are still two whole hours ...

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

why write?

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AWP was amazing and exhausting. When D and the girls picked me up at the airport Saturday night, I squeezed myself in back between Stella a...

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Friday, February 13, 2009

reporting from awp

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I slept for six and a half hours straight last night! Heavenly. I wish I could have slept even more, but I had to get up and pump. I’ ve be...

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

over at motherlode

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Hey, we're reporting from AWP (and by "we" I mean me and the Medela Pump n' Style--more about that later). I'll give...

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Saturday, February 7, 2009

gearing up

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AWP is only five days away, and I’ ve been thinking of little else. It’s not just the writing conference that’s on my mind, of course. I’ ...

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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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