Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. –Walt Whitman Weddings! First of all, let me be honest: I never thought I’d […]
Big Sky Church (or, My Two Weddings)
We love it when women are BEST
One of our own here at The Gloria Sirens blog collective is making us super-proud today! The marvelous poet Katie Riegel is a nominee for a Best of the Net literary award. […]
Games Universities Play
Many of my friends on social media are writers and academics, so it’s no surprise that my feed is full of stories about the University of Akron Press closure. Others are […]
We’re All Nephews
I spent half of last week helping my sister, Dorey, to babysit our nephew, who turned 7 on Wednesday. I never wanted kids and often feel awkward around them–though some then swarm to me […]
Flashlight Tag
I grew up playing flashlight tag. I lived in the country; the neighborhood kids would gather at my house—a big range of ages, since I was the youngest of four children. We […]
July: Play
by Katie Riegel It’s July—the middle of summer—and time to remind ourselves what kids know: that summer is for playing. For doing things that are simply fun, that don’t necessarily have any […]
What Do Transgender Issues Mean for Us?
by Katie Riegel and Lisa Lanser Rose Dear Readers: Please feel free to join this conversation. We know this is just us talking and thinking, and we do not intend to suggest we […]
Anger, Fathers, Minefields, Incomplete Stories
This deserves a longer exploration, but today I do not have the energy. I may never have the energy, so I want to say some things now, incomplete as they are, random […]
Q & A with Katie: Why do we feel bad after good things happen?
Originally posted on The Manifesto:
Q: Hey Katie, I have a question. Ever since I got accepted into grad school, I’ve grown increasingly paranoid, like everything is happening so easy. I haven’t…
Letters to Colin Firth
Dear readers, I’m excited to have five of my letters to Colin Firth published at The Offing today. I’m also a chronic explainer, perhaps because of my earnest Midwesterness. So let me […]
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