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…5 min read·Dec 22, 2022----
Tetyana DenfordWe speak up, but for what?I teach my kids to use their voices. It matters.1 min read·Nov 30, 2021--1--1
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…2 min read·Nov 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..2 min read·Feb 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…1 min read·Feb 1, 2021----
Tetyana DenfordSevenAbout a month ago, I started noticing my eldest child more than I normally do.4 min read·Feb 1, 2021----
Tetyana DenfordA room of one’s own in a goddamn pandemicI might be losing the plot. Literally and figuratively.2 min read·Jan 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…4 min read·Jan 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…5 min read·Jan 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…4 min read·Jan 26, 2021----