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May 20, 2008
by Kate
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my-ass-titis

On Saturday morning my dad came over to give me a hand with the little ones, and my choice was either to take a nap (which I desperately needed) or go for a run (which I also desperately needed). D … Continue reading →

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May 1, 2008
by Kate
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8 weeks old

It’s hard to believe that Zoe is already 8 weeks old. I’m not sure exactly how big she is, but it’s somewhere around 11 pounds. She seems huge, wearing clothes that Stella wore when she was five months old! As … Continue reading →

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April 28, 2008
by Kate
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on narrative urgency and single parenting

I’ve been thinking a lot about narrative urgency the last couple of weeks because I recently went to see Charles Baxter talk about and read from his new novel, The Soul Thief. (I dragged both Stella and Zoe out in … Continue reading →

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April 18, 2008
by Kate
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when the escape might not be worth it

My darling Zoe is getting progressively fussier. It’s the must-be-bounced-and-carried-or-nursed-to-fall-and-stay-asleep kind of fussy. Yesterday I desperately needed a nap, but she wouldn’t stay asleep, so finally I gave up and strapped her in the bouncy chair so at least I … Continue reading →

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April 5, 2008
by Kate
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fresh air

I’m up north with my mom and the girls, and the change of scene helps, though getting ready to leave the house yesterday felt like flying to hell in a very tiny hand basket. I cursed up a storm as … Continue reading →

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April 2, 2008
by Kate
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a kinder, gentler version

Zoe is 4 weeks old today, which seems impossible. How have four weeks already passed? How have four weeks of me doing nothing but nursing and bouncing a baby just disappeared? These are hard times for me. I started to … Continue reading →

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March 20, 2008
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a little levity

I’m feeling much better today, and you are all right—I need to take it slow and be patient and remind myself to breathe when the drama queen (Stella, not me) begins slamming doors and hitting herself on the head as … Continue reading →

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March 17, 2008
by Kate
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the power of hormones

This morning I woke to falling snow, and I almost started to weep. I don’t know what I had been thinking, but it went something like this: I will have a baby, and we will be in the hospital for … Continue reading →

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I’m a mother, writer and teacher. I’ve been helping moms tell the stories they need to tell since 2006. I’m the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers (Viva Editions, 2012) and Ready for Air, a memoir about the premature birth of my daughter (University of Minnesota Press, 2013), and co-author of Silent Running (Triumph Books, April 2015). I teach in Ashland University’s Low-residency MFA program, and I teach online and at the Loft Literary Center and ModernWell in Minneapolis. I am also an editor and writing coach. Visit my website, www.katehopper.com for more information.

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Interviews & Podcasts with Kate

Wisconsin Public Radio, The Larry Meiller Show - November 27, 2013

Mom Enough - October 21, 2013

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Memoirists write from the heart - Minneapolis StarTribune

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