Katie’s Blog: Essays, News, Marginalia
I Am a Writer Because of Mary Oliver
:: She forced me to reckon with every word I put down on the page. I didn’t understand what words were until that writing workshop. I was nineteen years old.
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How to Write About Your Kids without Being Awful
:: You can choose to write nothing about your kids, which is a fine choice, or you can write about your kids with utter kindness, respect, and gratitude. And even then, you must be careful.
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How to Go Plastic Free AND Stay Pretty
:: I’m not here to change your mind. I just want to make the world a better place.
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This Month’s Book Review: Writing the World We Want into Existence
:: The theme of this month’s book review column is writing the world we want into existence, or, writing the white supremacist patriarchy out of it.*
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If you were a lioness, what would you do?
:: I woke up this morning to the most bizarre news story. I mean, truly bizarre.
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I Didn’t Want to Write About Rape
:: I really didn’t want to. But how can I not? How can I not? Someone has to write about rape.
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New Project: DISABILITY ACTS Magazine
:: Last week, some friends and I launched a magazine to give disability writers a place to publish their work that doesn’t quite fit normate expectations.
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Serena Williams at Wimbledon Makes My Spirit Sing
:: Watching post-partum Serena Williams play at Wimbledon is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
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What Happened to Katie’s Head?
:: I’ve spent the last 13 days dizzy, cognitively impaired, and afraid.
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Latest Book Reviews: Oliveras, Fan, Hannah
:: I have some book reviews for you all! I got heat stroke at a tennis tournament and have been sitting on my butt for two weeks, so I’ve been READING A LOT. Good for me, and GOOD FOR YOU. Let’s get this book review party started!
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Medical Tests, Family History, and Toxic Men
:: Family history can mean a lot more than what you write on your medical forms.
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Suicide and the Language of Choice
:: When a person dies by suicide, there is no choice. Suicide is the only alternative.
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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.
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