No Extra Words one person's search for story

In "Obituary for Poetry on a Manual Typewriter," the writer realizes that without attention paid to it, poetry has somehow disappeared. By Kris Baker Dersch, copyright 2015, all rights reserved. In "A Well-Ordered Laundry Room," a new mama who is also a writer craves the organization her spacious laundry room gives her as she navigates finding time to write and realizing how fast her infant is growing. By Kris Baker Dersch, copyright 2015, all rights reserved.

In "Old Photographs," the narrator wonders why she carries a Depression-era snapshot of an unknown house her grandmother took around with her. In "Homework," a busy mom reflects on the struggles of homework, including the parents who do homework for their kids and the time homework takes out of her busy family's life.