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"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, March 31, 2010

creating your own integrity

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Stella is on spring break this week, and something about that and the fact that it is surprisingly—strangely—warm outside makes me feel as i...

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

teaching, writing and lee

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The other night I went to see Chang- rae Lee read and talk about his new novel, The Surrendered . I haven’t read much of his fiction, but I...

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Monday, March 22, 2010

broadening the motherhood discussion

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I have a review of Who's Your Mama? and Unbuttoned , two interesting and important anthologies, over at Literary Mama this week. Plea...

Friday, March 19, 2010

firefly memoir writing retreat

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I'm happy to announce that I'm leading another writing retreat this summer. This will be a memoir writing retreat with Firefly Retre...

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

the power of words

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Thank you for your kind comments on yesterday’s post . I’ll keep plugging along, I promise. And because I’m going to keep plugging along, I ...

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

nine lives

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The sun is finally shining here and yesterday was gorgeous, mid-sixties—almost unheard of weather for this time of year in Minnesota. It’s a...

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Friday, March 12, 2010

i swear i can fly!

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I'm sorry I've been quiet this week. Zoë has been home sick the last two days with a fever, which means very little work time for m...

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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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