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Kathy Miller

Kathy Miller

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Writer of books, herder of cats

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Category: Personal

On not revising (at least for now)

On the evening of January 31, 2019, I sat in a third floor classroom of Loft Literary in Minneapolis and … More

Detroit, family, novels, revising, writing

Stigma and the (un)deserving sick

I had lung cancer. And every time I talk about my cancer, I find myself explaining that the carcinoid cancer … More

AHCA, cancer, healthcare, lung cancer, stigma, Trumpcare

Thirty Five Years of Conferences

In May of 1982, I was a twenty-three year old master’s student attending my first academic conference. Held at the … More

boston, Careers, conferences, craft, writing

Reflections on Professing

I’m not making a clean break. I’m still advising a few graduate students. I’m still editing a major journal. I’ll … More

Academia, Colleges and Universities, New York Times, Professors, Student Engagement

Birthday Greetings, Seminar Rooms, and Walter

U.S. newspaper headlines on January 13, 2015 were about continuing investigations into the terrorist attack at Charlie Hedbo office, about … More

Arizona State University, community, Friends Congregational Church, Michigan State University, teaching, Texas A&M University, University of Kansas

Finding Your People in a Conference Hotel

I got back a couple days ago from the annual conference of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, … More

conferences, Margaret Miller, Missouri-Penney Awards, National Communication Association, OSCLG, Vivian Castleberry, Women in journalism and media professions

Was Mom a Little Bit Racist? Am I?

In 1972, Michigan Judge Stephen Roth ruled in Bradley v. Millikin that the requirement to integrate the Detroit Public Schools … More

Detroit busing controversy, Ferguson, Milikin v. Bradley, Nicholas Kristof, racism

Brides, Brides, Brides

The bride’s sister officiated for the marriage of Katherine Irene Miller to …. So began a short two column story … More

Bride, New York Times, Weddings, Women in journalism and media professions, Women's pages

Beginning the Journey

I always feel uncomfortable at the beginning of a new writing project. I tell people that I’m used to this … More

Feminist movement, Women and work, Women in journalism and media professions

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