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Writing a Father-Daughter Story While Grieving My Dad

I wish I could thank him for all the times he read my books and accepted invitations into my inner life

5 min readMay 19, 2022

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Writing a Father-Daughter Story While Grieving My Dad

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Kim Hooper

Pandemic Anxiety? Try Writing About It

I’ve been thinking recently about how much writing has helped me cope during the pandemic, when so much feels out of control. Putting…

2 min readNov 25, 2020

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Pandemic Anxiety? Try Writing About It

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Kim Hooper

Why We Write: Pandemic Edition

A few weeks ago, I did something very strange. I started writing a new novel. I say “strange” because we are in the midst of a pandemic…

9 min readAug 24, 2020

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Why We Write: Pandemic Edition

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Kim Hooper

12 must-read books by Black women

I’ve heard a lot of people express a desire for something tangible they can do to support the movement, and this is something that’s easy…

6 min readJun 18, 2020

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12 must-read books by Black women

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Kim Hooper

How I’ll raise my daughter to promote racial justice

Yesterday, as I watched footage of the George Floyd protests, I was overcome with sadness thinking about the death of this man who…

6 min readJun 1, 2020

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How I’ll raise my daughter to promote racial justice

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Kim Hooper

Cherish Every Moment…Or Not

3 Reasons Why Parenting a Small Child Is So Hard

5 min readMay 29, 2020

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Cherish Every Moment…Or Not

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Kim Hooper

Careful, or you’ll end up in my novel

You’ve probably seen this meme before. And apparently there is merchandise too!

5 min readMay 26, 2020

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Careful, or you’ll end up in my novel

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Kim Hooper

The highly sensitive writer

Throughout my life, I have heard the following phrases: “You’re just so sensitive,” “Don’t be so sensitive,” “You’re too sensitive.” It…

4 min readMay 9, 2020

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The highly sensitive writer

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Kim Hooper

10 books every introvert should read

I have spent way too much of my life seeing my introversion as somewhat of a negative thing. It’s easy to do — our society praises…

4 min readMay 7, 2020

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10 books every introvert should read

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Kim Hooper

30 of the best memoirs ever written

All of these very different memoirs have something in common: they are incredibly well written. Some made me cry, some made me laugh, all…

2 min readMay 2, 2020

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30 of the best memoirs ever written

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Kim Hooper

Kim Hooper

Author of People Who Knew Me, Cherry Blossoms, Tiny, All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, and No Hiding in Boise (coming this June)

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