October 3, 2013, Thursday - Kate Hopper Publication Launch at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft Literary Center, Performance Hall,1011 Washington Ave

Kate Hopper Publication Launch

Join Kate Hopper, annual curator of Motherhood & Words, for an evening discussing motherhood and her new book Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood. Ready for Air is a harrowing, poignant and occasionally hysterical journey through premature motherhood. Half a million babies are born prematurely in the United States every year, and Kate Hopper eloquently gives a voice to what their parents share, providing a testament to the strength of motherhood—and the sharing of stories—to transform lives.

Kate Hopper teaches writing online and at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. Kate holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant and a Sustainable Arts Grant. Her writing has appeared in a number of journals, including Brevity, Literary Mama and The New York Times online. She teaches classes and leads retreats for mother writers and is an editor at Literary Mama. Her memoir, Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood, will be published October 2013.

For more information about Kate's writing and classes, visit http://www.katehopper.com/.