Kathryn Trueblood’s newest novel, Take Daily As Needed, presents the challenges of parenting while ill with the desperado humor the subject deserves; it was published by the University of New Mexico Press in September 2019. Trueblood offered workshops in therapeutic writing at “The Examined Life” Conference at the University of Iowa, the Hugo House in Seattle, and the Lighthouse Writers Conference in Denver. Her essay, “Writing from a Pile of Shoes: Chronic Illness, Kids, and Creation,” was published by Literary Mama in November 2019, and “Honey, Don’t Break Yourself” is forthcoming in Minerva Rising #18. You can find her interviews at Invisible Not Broken Podcast, Montana Public Radio, and Writing It Real.
BA, 2012: Julia Hjelte
Julia Hjelte (BA, 2012) is working on her first novel and has created the website “Stories of COVID-19” (https://www.storiesofcovid-19.com/). The mission statement is as follows:
“Stories of COVID-19 is a Seattle-based project seeking to call attention to how each and every one of us is affected by the COVID-19 outbreak by providing a platform for individuals to tell their stories in their own words. We believe that the impacts of the outbreak are not due merely to COVID-19 itself, but rather are symptoms of a longtime broken and unequal system. As a result, not only do we seek to use this platform to ensure every voice is heard, but to show our officials that for us, change is not an option. It is a necessity.”