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If that man were you – a video

August 8, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

This YouTube video is a reading of an excerpt from In the Context of Love .

Second-person Narrative

Angelica talks to (the absent) Joe, recalling the time they drove down Route 21 past the steel mills and factories into downtown Cleveland. The time setting is in the mid-seventies.

If that man were you…

“Cuyahoga Iron Works, Republic Steel, and Cleveland Steel & Tubes pumped the blackest, most foul-smelling smoke into the sky, but the open-hearth furnaces fascinated me. Flaming tongues rose from orange mouths that could have swallowed men’s lives whole. I imagined the steelworkers’ eyebrows and lashes were singed, their every pore packed with dirt. What would it be like to be married to a man who coughed smoke into his wife’s and children’s faces at night, who left soot on his pillow in the morning? When he left for work, a dark smudge where he had slept would remind me that he defied death every day. I told myself if that man were you, I would love you even more.”



In the Context of LoveLinda K. Sienkiewicz is the author of In the Context of Love, adult contemporary fiction, a 2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist.

Angelica Schirrick had always suspected there was something deeply disturbing about her family, but the truth was more than she bargained for.

“…at once a love story, a cautionary tale, and an inspirational journey.” ~ Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of National Book Award Finalist, American Salvage, and critically acclaimed Once Upon a River, and Mothers, Tell Your Daughters

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Illustrated Reading from In the Context of Love

June 14, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I made a new video combining a reading from IN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE with royalty free images on iMovie. I call it an illustrated video reading! In it, Angelica imagines what her birthfather is doing … Continue reading >>

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My First Video Poem

May 11, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

video poem

A few of my savvy fellow writers use YouTube as a means of engaging readers and fans, so I decided to give it a try by making a video of one of my poems. I used iMovie and stock photos from my … Continue reading >>

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In the Context of Love: Book Trailer!

June 30, 2015 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Making a book trailer for In the Context of Love on iMovie was as much fun and almost as daunting as it was to write the book. There were so many directions to go in, so many possible scenarios and … Continue reading >>

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

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