Linda C. Wisniewski

Writer / author / memoir teacher

Toni Morrison and the “Woman’s Award”

My writing friends and I have been talking about Toni Morrison since her death early this month. Her influence on American letters is gigantic, and many have written about her effect on them personally. I have two small connections myself. As a docent at the historic home of author Pearl S. Buck, I point out … Read more

Rediscovering the Old Country My journey to peace with my Polish heritage. This story was published in the November 2010 issue of In the Fray, an online magazine that promotes global understanding. When I was growing up in a Polish neighborhood in upstate New York, I wasn’t so interested in the Old Country. My grandparents … Read more