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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

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

back to school

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Both girls are back in school this week. Stella woke up at 6 a.m. yesterday, ready to dash out the door and wait for the bus. “I’ ve tried ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

fall classes at the loft

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I can’t believe fall is right around the corner. Everyone (Stella, Zoë , D.) will be back in school next week, which will be disorienting. B...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

a few things

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I feel as though I’ ve spent so much of the summer juggling and fretting that I’ ve forgotten to enjoy these last months. I have been snap...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

a proposal, a platform, and what to do if you don’t have them

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The thing I love most about blogging is connecting with other readers and writers (and mothers and friends). I recently “met” Lisa Groen Br...
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Monday, August 9, 2010

deadline, oh beautiful deadline

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It’s been a whirlwind around here. D has been rebuilding our garage with his dad and brother, transforming it from a run-down shed (what a n...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

an exact replica

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I read a lot of heartbreaking books. Not surprising, I guess, considering I read mostly motherhood literature and there’s a lot of heartbrea...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

when the ending isn't the ending

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The whole time I’ ve been rewriting Ready for Air , I assumed it would end the same way my first draft ended. I mean, there is a whole narr...
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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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