Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

My poetry chapbook, resurrected

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Out of print! My friend Denise wanted to buy a copy of my latest poetry chapbook, Security, after hearing me read from it at a DWW ONTV event. That's when I discovered I only had two copies. This posed a real problem: the publisher, Rob Bixby of March Street Press in Greensboro NC, passed away a few years ago, and there were no plans to continue the press. This little chapbook is very dear to me. … [Read more...]

Oopsie Confessions

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If you're feeling glum, check out the #ionce thread on Twitter for terrific comic relief as people confess their grand oopsies. It brought back so many memories of my own gaffes. I share them with you, in hopes that you'll share yours with me. #ionce #ionce felt dizzy in middle school, raised my hand, and told the teacher I felt faint as I fainted. #ionce took my boss’s show dog, a bull … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Dan Alatorre

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What: What do I do? Good question. My wife wants to know, too. She sees me at the computer for hours and hours, but it takes a long time for a book to be produced, so she’s certain I’ve got an online gambling addiction or I’m playing Words With Friends or something. But what I do is make people laugh. Or cry. Sometimes on the same page. Or I make them see things they thought they knew, but … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Sylvia Hubbard

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What: I’ve always been a writer according to my mother. She said I lied to her a bunch when I was 6/7. After a great butt whoopin’, she ordered me to write my lie down and repeat it back to her. My pain became my pleasure and I found writing was a joy, an addiction… my passion. I thank my mother. Not for the butt whoopin', but for channeling my “power” to something that would afford me so much … [Read more...]

My Last Christmas with Mom

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My fondest Christmas memory In September, 2012, my brother and I helped move my mother, age 91, to her own apartment in a retirement home in Rochester, just five minutes from me. A month or so later, she suffered compression fractures in her spine. COPD and a heart condition then took a toll. Before we knew it, Thelma had a pacemaker, was wheelchair bound and on oxygen. Still of sound mind, … [Read more...]