Karis RogersonMental health, vulnerability, and the value of smoothing overMost of the poems I’ve written in the past two years are meditations on death.·4 min read·Jan 10, 2022----
Karis RogersonThe beauty of the platonic “loves of my life”I have always been a roommates kinda gal. I’ve had a roommate literally since I was 15 and went to boarding school for the first time…·4 min read·Jan 3, 2022----
Karis RogersonLooking back to look forward: 2021 reflections, 2022 goalsWhat a freaking year 2021 has been. What. A freaking. Year. This year brought hope — vaccinations and domestic (and some international)…·5 min read·Dec 28, 2021----
Karis RogersonIt’s Christmas and I’m taking stock of my faithWe’re rushing headlong toward Christmas.·3 min read·Dec 21, 2021--1--1
Karis RogersonTaylor Swift’s music gives me a communityI don’t wear makeup much anymore, but for the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), I went all-out. Drank some tea, put on lipstick, wore a…·3 min read·Dec 7, 2021----
Karis RogersonAn ode to friendship like sisterhood at boarding schoolThe first thing you need to know about my boarding school experience is that I didn’t want to go. At least, not in the months leading up to…·3 min read·Nov 30, 2021----
Karis RogersonSome thoughts about psych hospitalizationsI’ve had five of them. Five separate instances, lasting on average about five days, where my mental health got so bad I legitimately feared…·2 min read·Nov 24, 2021----
Karis RogersonThe Joy of Discovery Through Story: A Pantser’s TaleI was more than 80 pages into writing my new novel when I had a lightbulb moment and realized — this is a potential duology! There is more…·4 min read·Nov 9, 2021----
Karis RogersonAn ode to my favorite musicI’m neither a musician, nor a composer, nor a singer. I’m not someone to whom the creation and propagation of music comes naturally. In…·2 min read·Nov 2, 2021--1--1
Karis RogersonThe death anniversary that almost wasContent warning: suicide attempt, mental illness·4 min read·Oct 12, 2021----
