by Katie | Mar 19, 2018 | Disability
Rather than write an entirely new post, I used Thread Reader to pull together a constantly-growing thread of tweets (I’m up to 20 I think at this point) that I’ve written on the ableist laptop bans that small-minded professors keep proposing and why...
by Katie | Mar 9, 2018 | Disability
Three years ago, I started the column Life of the Mind Interrupted over on Chronicle Vitae to explore the ways higher education could become more humane for students, faculty, and staff with psychiatric disabilities. The column expanded over the years to encompass all...
by Katie | Mar 4, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability, Essay, Family
I’m emergency-homeschooling my kids. I’m emergency-homeschooling my kids because twice now the disability services in the schools they were enrolled in failed us. This fall, we will enroll them in a third school, and try again. I never (not really) write...
by Katie | Feb 3, 2018 | Creative Writing, Disability
Update 3/26/2018: Fallout Girl is available for Pre-Order now. Here it is on Amazon: bit.ly/falloutgirl. I have a new novel coming out in May, FALLOUT GIRL, and like my last novella (or short novel, whatever), HOW TO STAY, it deals with mental illness head-on. Thank...
by Katie | Oct 16, 2017 | Disability, Freelance Academic, My Books, Social Justice
Three years ago, I wrote a column for a magazine about hiding my psychiatric disability because I feared for my job in higher education. Three years later, disability, in particular, mental health, became a regular beat of mine, and I’ve written essays and...
by Katie | Oct 10, 2017 | Disability, Giveaway, My Books
Reblogged from Blue Crow Publishing regarding my latest release coming Monday, October 16. To enter to win a copy, visit the original post for details: Blue Crow Publishing (and our imprint Raven Books) is giving away two uncorrected proof copies of LIFE OF THE MIND...
