PinnedTetyana DenfordWhat Happens Next? Nothing and Everything.How do I recap a year that’s been so mercurial? How do I recap a year that existed beyond the filtered social media photos that we’re…Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
Tetyana DenfordWe speak up, but for what?I teach my kids to use their voices. It matters.Nov 30, 20211Nov 30, 20211
Tetyana DenfordA revolution in a few wordsPoetry is usually met with a ‘oh wow, how indulgent’. I get it. We get taught in schools that poetry is the snack of the privileged, the…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Tetyana DenfordDo I need an agent?I see a lot of ‘if you want to be a published author, get an agent’ stuff on social media, and I have some thoughts..Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
Tetyana DenfordMotherhood is a kind of griefOne day, I’ll tell you that motherhood is a kind of grief. You don’t need to know that now, but one day you’ll want to understand that I…Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
Tetyana DenfordSevenAbout a month ago, I started noticing my eldest child more than I normally do.Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
Tetyana DenfordA room of one’s own in a goddamn pandemicI might be losing the plot. Literally and figuratively.Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
Tetyana DenfordWhen to say whenA long time ago, I was standing in the sunny garden taking laundry off the rotary dryer, and I saw her teeny socks hanging limp, dwarfed…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Tetyana DenfordThe B Word“That child is being a bully. I’ve seen it.”, the parent says, defiantly, marking a child with that all-too-standard scarlet letter B…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Tetyana DenfordMother, interruptedI’ll be honest here and say that I never really wanted kids. Or a husband for that matter. Writing it down is only marginally better than…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
