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What, Why, How: Kim Peters Fairley

July 19, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What:  My second book, Shooting Out the Lights is my first memoir which will be out on July 27 through She Writes Press. I began as a visual artist. As a child I enjoyed drawing and … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: memoir

Cynical: A Writing Prompt

June 14, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

From Jamie Cat Callan If you're a writer and you haven't subscribed to Jamie's marvelous weekly newsletter for writers, do so right now, here. I met Jamie at the Stonecoast MFA residency when … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: memoir, poetry, writing prompt

What, Why, How: Gina Troisi

March 29, 2021 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: While my focus in graduate school was creative nonfiction, these days I am mostly writing fiction. I am currently working on two novels-in-stories. My debut memoir, The Angle of Flickering … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: creative nonfiction, memoir, parental abuse

What, Why, How: Thaddeus Rutkowski

February 18, 2019 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I write short fiction: short stories and flash fiction. The cut-off between flash fiction and short stories, it seems, is one thousand words, according to literary journals, and my pieces are … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: asian american, Fiction, flash fiction, memoir, poetry, short stories

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 >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: civil rights, memoir, nonfiction, storytelling

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 >>

Filed Under: What, Why, How Tagged With: boxing, collaboration, memoir, podcasts, poetry

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a children's picture book, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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