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...
by Katie | Oct 7, 2017 | Disability, Social Justice
Updated: May 2, 2018 In the wake of every mass shooting tragedy in the United States, when the shooter is not somehow affiliated with the Islamic kind of terrorism, but rather the white, homegrown American kind, politicians and the popular media turn to some...
by Katie | Jun 16, 2017 | Disability
Image Alt Text: A fisheye photograph of the Hollywood sign from the back at sunset. Creative Commons image via Pixabay. I was skimming through my Instagram, when I came across a recent post by my friend Tipsy Tullivan. (Tipsy is a pseudonym for a great writer who...
by Katie | Oct 12, 2016 | Disability, Racial Justice, Social Justice
Image Alt-Text: A screen-capture of a tweet from my account, @krgpryal: “If we put armor on our safe-keepers & guns in their hands, the weak, ill, impoverished, & oppressed will be harmed. #DemilitarizeThePolice” I have no reason to fear the...
