Kathleen Willis Morton
Three Stories Communications:
Literary Coaching, Consultation, and Writing Adventures
katie@threestoriescom.com, 857-998-7485
"FILL YOUR PAPER WITH THE BREATHINGS OF YOUR HEART" Wordsworth
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Publications and work in progress
The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed: A Mother's Story of Loss and Hope , Wisdom Publications, Oct. '08
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Poppy-Mustard-Seed-Mothers/dp/0861715659/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215308501&sr=1-1
http://www.thebluepoppieandthemustrdseed.com
“The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed is courageous and graceful, a redemptive story of love, compassion, and the need, sometimes, to go a great distance before finding our way home. This is a marvelous jewel of a book!"
Dinty W. Moore, author of The Accidental Buddhist and Between Panic and Desire
"Like Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," this book presents an intimate portrait of seeking peace of mind in the midst of the unthinkable. Kathleen Willis Morton shows us her struggle to let go while still holding on, and to find beauty in a world that has seemingly all at once turned terribly ugly. This wonderful book holds important life lessons for us all.” —David Tolin, Director of The Institute for Living and author of Buried in Treasures
“Kathleen Willis Morton has created a unique, tender-hearted, and elegantly-written memoir. As I traveled with this brave and honest woman on her braided journey - across the globe, into Buddhism, and through grief - I found sights I didn't know I was missing, wisdom I didn't know I was needing, and solace I didn't know I was seeking. Thank you,
Kathleen, for letting me walk beside you." -- Rachel Simon, Author of Riding The Bus With My Sister and the forthcoming Building A Home With My Husband
The first chapter is excerpted in Mourning Sickness: Stories and Poems
edited by Missy Martin and Jesse Loren
http://www.amazon.com/Mourning-Sickness-Stories-Miscarriage-Stillbirth/dp/0978848918/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216505807&sr=1-1
"The Blue Poppy", Jan. edition of The Shambhala Sun Magazine, which has been selected for inclusion in the anthology, The Best Buddhist Writing 2009, edited by Malcolm Mcleod, published by Shambhala Publications/Random House
Also published in Publishers Weekly, Hip Mama, Chicago Loop News.
http://www.thebluepoppieandthemustrdseed.com
“The Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed is courageous and graceful, a redemptive story of love, compassion, and the need, sometimes, to go a great distance before finding our way home. This is a marvelous jewel of a book!"
Dinty W. Moore, author of The Accidental Buddhist and Between Panic and Desire
"Like Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," this book presents an intimate portrait of seeking peace of mind in the midst of the unthinkable. Kathleen Willis Morton shows us her struggle to let go while still holding on, and to find beauty in a world that has seemingly all at once turned terribly ugly. This wonderful book holds important life lessons for us all.” —David Tolin, Director of The Institute for Living and author of Buried in Treasures
“Kathleen Willis Morton has created a unique, tender-hearted, and elegantly-written memoir. As I traveled with this brave and honest woman on her braided journey - across the globe, into Buddhism, and through grief - I found sights I didn't know I was missing, wisdom I didn't know I was needing, and solace I didn't know I was seeking. Thank you,
Kathleen, for letting me walk beside you." -- Rachel Simon, Author of Riding The Bus With My Sister and the forthcoming Building A Home With My Husband
The first chapter is excerpted in Mourning Sickness: Stories and Poems
edited by Missy Martin and Jesse Loren
http://www.amazon.com/Mourning-Sickness-Stories-Miscarriage-Stillbirth/dp/0978848918/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216505807&sr=1-1
"The Blue Poppy", Jan. edition of The Shambhala Sun Magazine, which has been selected for inclusion in the anthology, The Best Buddhist Writing 2009, edited by Malcolm Mcleod, published by Shambhala Publications/Random House
Also published in Publishers Weekly, Hip Mama, Chicago Loop News.
My Sass-mouth Mother Tongue: What Parenthood Has Taught Me About Personhood - A work in progress ...
With respectfully provocative and honest prose the collection of essays, My Sass-mouth Mother Tongue, explores the struggle to accept that we are complicated beings trying to understand, and improve, who we are, as people and parents. The memoir reflects on vital aspects of life like: words, how we choose to use them, and how the words we choose reflect our formative experiences; setting attainable goals and reaching laundry Nirvana; navigating existential questions raised in Pre-k; the mysterious magnetism of boys to guns; Pre-school pee policies and the politics of tolerance; practicing selflessness, versus selfishness, when the people around you want all of you all the time; and the unfortunate extinction of the dictate “go play”.
It’s not a “momoir”. It’s not solely about mothering. The realm of motherhood is only the setting for situations that spark ruminations on issues effecting every person like language, politics, death, juice, violence, spirituality, laundry, limits-setting, self-valuation and volition, groceries, the art of doing nothing, movies, and existentialism.
Essays included:
“My Sass-mouth Mother Tongue Is Not For Everyone”
“Pre-k: An Introduction to Existentialism”
“Insight In The Sights: Target Practice and an Unexpected Kickback of Understanding”
“Laundry Nirvana: Learning to Set Some Goals”
“Naming Alice: Articulating the Ineffable While Under the Influence”
“Speaking For Her Comes Easier: the Semiotics of Infancy and Adoration”
A full book proposal and sample chapters will be available soon on request.
With respectfully provocative and honest prose the collection of essays, My Sass-mouth Mother Tongue, explores the struggle to accept that we are complicated beings trying to understand, and improve, who we are, as people and parents. The memoir reflects on vital aspects of life like: words, how we choose to use them, and how the words we choose reflect our formative experiences; setting attainable goals and reaching laundry Nirvana; navigating existential questions raised in Pre-k; the mysterious magnetism of boys to guns; Pre-school pee policies and the politics of tolerance; practicing selflessness, versus selfishness, when the people around you want all of you all the time; and the unfortunate extinction of the dictate “go play”.
It’s not a “momoir”. It’s not solely about mothering. The realm of motherhood is only the setting for situations that spark ruminations on issues effecting every person like language, politics, death, juice, violence, spirituality, laundry, limits-setting, self-valuation and volition, groceries, the art of doing nothing, movies, and existentialism.
Essays included:
“My Sass-mouth Mother Tongue Is Not For Everyone”
“Pre-k: An Introduction to Existentialism”
“Insight In The Sights: Target Practice and an Unexpected Kickback of Understanding”
“Laundry Nirvana: Learning to Set Some Goals”
“Naming Alice: Articulating the Ineffable While Under the Influence”
“Speaking For Her Comes Easier: the Semiotics of Infancy and Adoration”
A full book proposal and sample chapters will be available soon on request.
