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An American in Australia

(Try this fun writing prompt.)

Nov 10, 2022

An American in Australia

Nov 10, 2022

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Balzac Messes Things Up: A Meditation on Revision

Revision is a messy process, as William Germano — and pretty much everyone else who has ever tried to explain it — illustrates with…

Oct 29, 2022

Balzac Messes Things Up: A Meditation on Revision

Oct 29, 2022

Humanities “Habits of Mind”

(Note: these are not exclusive to the humanities but we believe they are emphasized in the humanities context.)

Oct 4, 2023

Humanities “Habits of Mind”

Oct 4, 2023

Why I Teach Veterans for WSP

Homer tells us that Odysseus’ return from battle was not what one might expect of a hero. Prone to tears, Odysseus seems traumatized…

Apr 30, 2023

Why I Teach Veterans for WSP

Apr 30, 2023

Covid Dreams

I’ve been having some strange dreams lately, probably most of us have.

Jan 18, 2023

Covid Dreams

Jan 18, 2023

What they don’t tell you… *

In 2006, my husband died of an aggressive, always fatal cancer, and suddenly in the space between one breath and the one that did not come…

Jan 18, 2023

What they don’t tell you… *

Jan 18, 2023

Writing as a Way of Knowing, Thinking, Dreaming

Many years ago, I received a call from the then-dean of the Liberal Studies Program at Georgetown. Would I tutor our non-traditional…

Nov 11, 2022

Writing as a Way of Knowing, Thinking, Dreaming

Nov 11, 2022

Step Up, Lean in Humanities:

We Need You Now More than Ever

May 20, 2020

Step Up, Lean in Humanities:

May 20, 2020

Rituals, Resilience, and Why We Need to Fail

Easter is over and with it all the sad efforts to reenact the rituals of the day in the COVID-19 era. Virtual Easter egg hunts, online…

Apr 16, 2020

Rituals, Resilience, and Why We Need to Fail

Apr 16, 2020

From social distancing to social isolation to … ?

March 21, 2020

Mar 21, 2020

From social distancing to social isolation to … ?

Mar 21, 2020

Kathryn D. Temple

Kathryn D. Temple

I’m a professor at Georgetown who writes mostly about law and emotions. I'm passionate about helping writers gain comfort and find joy in their writing.

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