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Should parents censor what their kids read?

June 6, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What is acceptable reading material for your child? It's a legit question, especially since banning books by some schools has in turn created a demand for these books. Suppose your middle … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How, Diana Dinverno

May 23, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: Each poem in my chapbook, When Truth Comes Home to Roost, is meant to be a revelation, a slant of light shining through a window. The poems lean toward autobiography, capture experiences, … Continue reading >>

Stash

January 24, 2022 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

My mother's hidden Hershey's bars In the refrigerator meat drawer, way in the back under the cheese and lunch meat, I found my mother’s stash of Hershey bars. Three of them. I was probably ten … Continue reading >>

Our Annual Christmas Letter

December 20, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Happy Christmas, all! We got a handful of Christmas letters with our cards this year. I feel a pang of guilt that I didn't write a Christmas letter. I usually do. So here's mine, in which I try to … Continue reading >>

The Finnish Sauna

December 13, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What it's not I laughed when I saw this photo in a catalog. How is that even comfortable? Where is she, in her living room? And what happens if she drops the book she's supposedly reading? It … Continue reading >>

Surviving a Native American Boarding School

October 11, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

History 101 - a poem This devastating poem by my friend and fellow alum Mihku Paul is about her grandfather, a residential school survivor who helped raise Mihku. Their family was "deeply impacted … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line