Katie’s Blog: Essays, News, Marginalia
The Luxury of a Sick Day
:: Today my son taught me how to say “bacteria” in Spanish. He is very excited to tell me that the good bacteria in his body are fighting the bad bacteria in his body.
Book Review: SACRIFICIAL LAMB CAKE by Katrina Monroe
:: Sacrificial Lamb Cake is witty, with a heroine, Rain, who is smart and easy to believe in.
Writing Roundup: August 2015
:: Welcome to this month’s writing roundup, where I revisit pieces I published during the past month.
Embarking and Outlining and Writing Novels
:: Starting a new novel is never easy. At some point, you just have to write the first word.
Walking is Weird, or, Restricting Our Bodies
:: But I’ve started to notice something over the past months since I’ve been walking whenever I can. Sometimes people don’t understand why someone would want to walk.
Poem: Little Girl
Little Girl A little girl sits on the adjacent bus, smudged skin, brown-black eyes, hair just like mine. Her face presses against the grimy glass, she is dreaming of asphodel. I'm staring at myself, and she can't see me through the glass. The buses shift. She lifts...
Writing Roundup: July 2015
:: Welcome to this month’s writing roundup, where I revisit pieces I published during the past month.
Book Review: CAN I USE I? by Catherine Prendergast
:: I can promise you that students will read this book and have a epiphanic experience.
A Well Regulated Reading, Plus Dragon Hands
:: Don’t trust any person who only shows you the pretty pictures.
Atticus Finch and White America’s Worst Nightmare
:: Atticus Finch has, for more than 50 years, allowed white America to sleep at night.
Book Review: ARTIFICIAL ABSOLUTES by Mary Fan
:: This book is a science fiction space opera, and it’s also a buddy story. But the buddies are brother and sister, which sets the book apart.
Writing Roundup: June 2015
:: Welcome to this month’s writing roundup…Looking back over the past year, here’s what I think about disclosing a psychiatric disability to your colleagues.
01. About Me
Author, essayist, sometime law professor. Topics that will get me talking: mental health and disability, sexual violence, and making words happen. I want to be your friend, even if I have trouble showing it.
03. Letter
