Linda Laderman

Linda Laderman is a 73-year-old Detroit poet. Her poetry has appeared in The Willawaw Journal, The Jewish Literary Journal, The Jewish Writing Project, The Hole in the Head Review, One Art, and the gorgeous pages of The Write Launch, among others. She's studied with the Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute and workshops regularly with the Poetry Craft Collective, a cohort of poets who critique and encourage each other's writing. For many years, she was a volunteer docent at the Holocaust Center near Detroit, where she led adult discussion tours. Find her at lindaladerman.com.

“Going to a Wedding,” “A Last Look,” and “At the Holocaust Museum”

We climb the steps of the synagogue when Annie asks, What is Jewish?
She is the child of a Jew, a son I raised to tell a story
with the fanfare of a performer on The Moth Radio Hour.
  • Issue 70, February 2023
  • Poetry
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