Essayist and academic. Author of Small Wrongs. ARC Future Fellow. Researches emotion in law; and narratorial presence in writing. Works on Dharug country.
In an exchange with @SydReviewBooks, @KateRossmanith considers the writer’s impulse (or pressure) to insert themselves into the text.
She argues that many of the problems stem from how we are primed to conceptualize human experience as “episodic.” buff.ly/3sVwmn8
My latest essay for Sydney Review of Books, this one for their series on 'commuting'. My piece is about the work of sentencing judges, decision-making, how they get from here to there - and about a whole lotta other stuff too. @SydReviewBookssydneyreviewofbooks.com/essa…
“The New Yorker voice is on top of the material under discussion. It is a voice of intelligent curiosity. The voice is smart-sounding.”
“It is effective for long-form journalism,” writes @KateRossmanith, “but it was not the book I was trying to write."
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Thrilled to share the news that I have been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship! My project builds on the ground-breaking work of @BandesSusan, Jody Madeira, Nancy Berns and others, and looks at 'closure' in the justice system. #FT21#FutureFellows2021
Totally thrilled to be presenting a public talk at the University of Strathclyde - along with the brilliant scholar @BandesSusan (a hero of mine!) - on remorse, judgment and forgiveness in the law. #smallwrongs@HardieGrant @mmccs_tweet strath.ac.uk/humanities/laws…
Small Wrongs is released in the UK today! New York Times best-selling author Claire Dederer (Love & Trouble) says: "I love this book. Kate Rossmanith does everything I want a nonfiction writer to do. This is a dazzling performance." @ClaireDederer@HardieGrant
Small Wrongs has been longlisted for the 2018 Nib Literary Award! Feeling honoured to be alongside some brilliant writers.... #smallwrongs@HardieGrant @mmccs_tweet
Hear a former writing student of Dr Kate Rossmanith quiz the author on her hybrid memoir, 'Small Wrongs', which investigates remorse in the courtrooms and our personal lives: bit.ly/2KcrWvS