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Every Least Sparrow: Special Needs Parenting

March 20, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Carolyn Walker writes about parenting a special needs child

A Parent's Expectations: Looking back, Carolyn Walker writes that it was good that she and her husband didn’t know what to expect when their daughter Jennifer was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi … Continue reading >>

Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Brodak

December 21, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Bandit, a Daughter's Memoir is such an exceptional memoir that I'm not sure I can do it justice. Memory comes back to us in bits and pieces, discordant vignettes that we try to stitch into a narrative … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Nadia Ibrashi

September 28, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What: I’m editing my novel The Secret of Maimonides. It’s a thriller set in modern times, yet digs deep in the past to discover secrets of the Middle East. The story developed as an act of creative … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Weam Namou

June 30, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

What? I started out writing novels that were based on true stories, but later in life, I began to write and publish poetry. I then became a journalist for several local newspapers and little by … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Non-fiction Writer Melissa Grunow

June 9, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? I write personal essays and memoir. My essays have won prizes, such as two years in a row from Detroit Working Writers, and I was nominated for a Pushcart in 2015. My first book, Realizing … Continue reading >>

What, Why, How: Nancy Owen Nelson

May 26, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

WHAT? For years I wrote poetry here and there, publishing one or two in journals and anthologies. My main focus was academic writing, so I spent much of my time in research. In 1995, I was … Continue reading >>

Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line