This is the sixth and final week that the beautiful creative nonfiction journal Broad Street magazine has published one of the pieces from my chapbook Kin Types along with documents and photographs that helped me piece together these old family stories.
The subject of the poem “Someone Else’s Story” is Caroline Meier Waldeck, the wife of my grandmother’s Uncle Fred, a German immigrant who, as a young husband and father, was hit by a streetcar and suffered severe brain damage from the accident.
You can read it here: Family Laundry: “Someone Else’s Story” by Luanne Castle
The first feature article is “Family Laundry: “An Account of a Poor Oil Stove Bought off Dutch Pete,” by Luanne Castle”
The second feature article is Family Laundry 2: “What Came Between A Woman and Her Duties” by Luanne Castle
The third feature article is: Family Laundry: “More Burials” by Luanne Castle
The fourth is: Family Laundry: “The Weight of Smoke” by Luanne Castle
The fifth is: Family Laundry: “Half-Naked Woman Found Dead,” by Luanne Castle
An introduction to the series can be found here. SERIES INTRODUCTION
The Family Kalamazoo 
The book trailer is awesome. I don’t think I saw it before. And you know I love this book and Doll God, too.
Cheryl, thank you so much! My daughter made the trailer for me. She makes videos as a sideline so if you or someone you know needs a book trailer, I can put you in contact with her :).
More deserved congratulations, Luanne
Is there a link to the 6th article? Am I just not seeing it?
Thank you for noticing my major omission. Good grief. Does it work now?
I will go back and check!
All set now! And I found this poem so evocative. In so few words you made her come alive. Fascinating to see how the census records revealed her story!
Thank you so much! I was also amazed at how helpful the census records were in this case. I hate when crucial facts are concealed because they occur between census dates ;), I was also struck by the image of a cow being hobbled so that her calf doesn’t get hurt.
Reblogged this on Luanne Castle's Writer Site and commented:
The sixth and final installment of what research went into the pieces in KIN TYPES, published by the beautiful magazine BROAD STREET.
I love what you’re doing with your gene pool, Luanne. It’s amazing how much tougher life was back then.
Thank you, Adrienne! It was so tough. Can you imagine if we were all transported back 120 or 150 years. There would be so much whining!
What a lovely poem, Luanne and what a precious gift you have given yourself by writing this series. May it travel many, many miles. ❤
Ah, thank you so much, Carol! That is so sweet! I hope all is well.