On the eve of Cousin Susie’s funeral her sister shows me four porcelain ballerinas shelved next to a stack of books. Set by size, the dolls teeter on top of a dusty glass base. She asks me to take the tallest, the one with a coiled bun, eyes brown and round— then tells me to […]
Linda Laderman
Linda Laderman is a Michigan writer and poet, and the recipient of the 2023 Harbor Review Jewish Women’s Poetry Prize. Her first poem was published in 2021, soon after her 71st birthday. For nearly a decade, she volunteered as a docent at the Zekelman Holocaust Center near Detroit. Her poetry has been published in many journals, including SWWIM, The Writer’s Foundry Review, Poetica Magazine, 3rd Wednesday, ONE ART, and The Scapegoat Review. She belongs to the Poetry Craft Collective, a cohort of poets who review and encourage each other’s writing. More at lindaladerman.com.