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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

Friday, August 26, 2011

clutter and clarity

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I’m awake early these days, my to-do list making it impossible for me to sleep past a certain (still-dark) hour. So I get up...

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

when there is hope, hope

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(A heartbreaking, but take-action post.) A month ago, D and I found out that our good friend, John “Sly” Sylvester might ha...

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

a blur

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How can it almost be the middle of August already? Summers always go too fast, but this summer has been a blur. I drove up ...

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

a double life: discovering motherhood

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I’m so pleased to have another author interview to post this week. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing Lisa Catherine Harper ...

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

mothers and daughters

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If you’ve been reading my posts in the last few weeks, you know that as I sat next to my grandpa the week he was dying, I was reading Rae M...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

celebrating spencer

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Saturday we held the service for my grandpa, and it was lovely. There were tears, of course, but there was also lots of laughter as peopl...

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

on being a writer

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I haven’t had much time to sit down and really write these last weeks. Between my grandpa dying, a trip up north, a non-writing related f...

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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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