by Katie | Aug 7, 2016 | Creative Writing, Freelance Academic, Life is Long
:: Writing is both easy and hard. For some people, one of my children, for instance, writing can be very, very hard. One of my children has a learning disability that makes forming words and reading them difficult. For me, forming words has never been hard, even...
by Katie | Jun 12, 2015 | Freelance Academic, Social Justice, Teaching
:: 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.” As academics we have to write this...
by Katie | May 13, 2015 | Creative Writing, Freelance Academic, Journalism
:: 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...
by Katie | Dec 18, 2014 | Freelance Academic
:: I do think that academia trains us to not ask for things, to be meek and wait our turns. Or to accept as our due when the spotlight only shines on a special chosen few. Note: This piece was published simultaneously on the blog of Elizabeth Keenan (the piece’s...
by Katie | Nov 10, 2014 | Freelance Academic
:: Why on Earth would I take time to critique higher education if I didn’t care so much about making it better for everyone? For students—first and foremost—and for faculty, staff, and everyone who is a part of this extremely valuable public good? As I walked to...
by Katie | Nov 4, 2014 | Freelance Academic
:: The challenge isn’t figuring out how other people see you. It’s figuring out how YOU see you—and what you want to be for yourself. Recently, a friend I respect told me that she was concerned that my writing on academia came across as though I had...
