Linda K. Sienkiewicz, Author

What, Why, How: Ethel Morgan Smith

January 14, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: My mother used to bring home old newspapers and Newsweek magazines after the white family she worked for threw them in the trash. I learned about the Civil Rights Movement from those old … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Charles Salzberg

January 2, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write. I started my first novel when I was 12. It was a roman a clef (although I certainly did not know what that term meant at the time) about a sleepaway summer camp. I had recently learned … Continue reading >>

What. Why, How: Binnie Klein

December 17, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: Like many writers, I started as a child with poetry, mostly moody tomes about the shape of loneliness. In my late adolescence and twenties, I got involved with the New York poetry “scene” – … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Caroline Leavitt

December 10, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I create worlds! I write novels. I write scripts and short stories and essays. Everything to me is a story! I’ve always made up stories. A few years ago, one of my novels Into Thin Air was … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Kaye Curren

December 3, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I am a nonfiction advocate in a 200-year old entrenched tradition of poetry and fiction. Memoir, essays, humor essays, articles, book and movie reviews. I was told once I should write a … Continue reading >>

How to Evaluate Your Poem

November 26, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Is it any good? Acclaimed poet and teacher Jack Ridl says others often ask him, “Is my poem any good?” He answers "It's likely we all worry about that, or at least worry about embarrassing ourselves … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line