Posts by Kate
mother words this fall
There are still a few spots available in my fall Mother Words class at the Loft. Here are the details: MOTHER WORDS When: Tuesdays, 1-3 pm, September 15 – December 8 (12 weeks, no class Nov. 24) Where: The Loft Literary Center, Open Book, Minneapolis Course description: Whether you are a new mom or a…
Read Morethis lovely life
Oh, what to say? How to begin? Vicki Forman’s memoir, This Lovely Life, is so close to my heart. When I initially started reading Vicki’s blog, Speak Softly, I didn’t realize that Evan had been born prematurely. I was caught up in Vicki’s lovely writing and in her voice as an advocate for children with…
Read Moremother words week
It’s Mother Words week at the Star Tribune’s Cribsheet this week! Go check out some of the writing from my wonderful online Mother Words students. I’m so proud of them!
Read Moreshari macdonald strong
My profile of the amazing Shari MacDonald Strong is now up at Literary Mama! You can also read a wonderful review of Shari’s The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change written by Marian Berges at Literary Mama! Happy reading!
Read Morefall
Fall is bittersweet for me. I love the cooler weather, the oranges and reds of the changing maples, but I hate what fall portends—those long, cold months trapped inside. Fall also makes me feel melancholy, heavy with the sense of time passing. I’ve been feeling this a lot in the last weeks, probably because I…
Read Morechanges
Last week, Zoë started “school.” It was awful. I should have known it would be awful, but I didn’t. D and I dropped her off on the playground with Stella, and she was fine until she realized we were going to leave her there, and then she burst into tears—wailing and pointing to the door.…
Read Moreshouts out
What is better than good news on a Monday morning? I have a number of friends, family, and fellow writers who have had some recent success, and I want to give them all a shout out. Here it goes: Kevin Fenton: My friend and fellow University of Minnesota MFA graduate just won the AWP Award…
Read Morea new look at relaxation
I still think of summer as a season of down time. During the cold winter days I imagine the warmth and green and playing at the park with the girls, and somehow I equate those images with relaxation. But long gone are the days of nothing at all on my calendar, of sitting outside with…
Read Morea room of my own
I have never had an office in our house, a space where I can write and organize and tack up my lists. There was a section of the basement where I used to work on the computer, but I don’t spend time down there anymore because our desktop computer is so old that it freezes…
Read Morea nod to father writers
In preparation for my Writing Parenthood class last Saturday, I thought I should shift my gaze (at least for a few minutes) from motherhood literature to fatherhood literature. I designed Writing Parenthood, after all, because I had received a few (subdued) pleas that I include men in my Mother Words classes. But you see, I…
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