Katie’s Blog: Essays, News, Marginalia
Entanglement is Launched
:: Last night was the launch party and first reading/signing for Entanglement. Flyleaf Books, our awesome indie bookshop in Chapel Hill, hosted the event, and it was a blast.
Teaching Philosophy
:: He really hit his pace when we got to Wallace Stevens. “This isn’t some stiff telling you what happened at the dance,” he said about “Life is Motion.” “You’re there, your human spirit merges with the human spirit in the poem.”
Introducing: ENTANGLEMENT
:: My birthday is tomorrow. Today I’m celebrating the publication of ENTANGLEMENT, my first novel. (Hopefully not my last. Cheers.)
Writing Roundup: May 2015
:: This month’s writing roundup has a special theme, and that special theme is BOOKS. I published only two articles last month, but I spent plenty of time publishing things.
Book Review Guidelines
:: You’re here because you’re interested in having your book reviewed by me on this blog. Great! Please read this page first before sending me an inquiry.
Writing Isn’t Sexy—Wait, What?
:: Writing Isn't Sexy is my mostly-monthly newsletter for readers and friends. Those who have been reading my work for a while, especially the Freelance Academics out there, know how much I love writing manifestos. What is Writing Isn't Sexy about? Here are some of...
Happy Other’s Day
:: I have two children, but there were times in my life when I wasn’t certain that I would make the choice to become a mother.
Writing Roundup: April 2015
:: Last month I was fretting because I published very little. This month I averaged two pieces per week, which frankly made my head spin, especially since I spent one of those weeks on a writing retreat at a place with dodgy internet.
Why Retreat?
:: This past week, I retreated up to an artist’s center in the N.C. mountains to get some writing done. This is a practice my mother refers to as a “taking a vacation.”
Unexpected Ways Having a Psychiatric Disability Is Annoying
:: Did you know that being a person with psychiatrical disabilities (PPD) is annoying? Wait. Let me rephrase. Did you know that the WHOLE WORLD makes it really annoying to be a PPD?
Writing Roundup: March 2015
:: It’s time for the writing roundup of the articles I published during the month of March. I only published two pieces this month, but one was a doozy, so.
Something Small and Something Big
:: My writing partner and I spent 5 full days, from sun up till way after sun down only doing one thing: revising our novel projects. We were fiercely focused.
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
