February 2018 By DeWitt Henry, Literary Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources, magazines, and author sites that seem informative and inspiring for working writers. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. Ted Gioia’s Postmodern Literature Sites I chanced on Ted Gioia’s The Alt-Reality Nobel Prize in Literature while Googling Knut Hamsen’s Hunger. Who was Ted Gioia?…
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Site Review: Margie Criner
Sculpture Within Sculpture By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Margie Criner’s site offers a broad spectrum of both her three- and two-dimensional works. These works, rich explorations into the complex interconnection between all living things, are strongly rooted in design, but with a healthy mix of play as she reshapes and distorts conventional expectations. And influences…
Words That Don't Exist
“I knew perfectly well what existed as emotional fact in my own ‘style,’ but not necessarily in that of my characters.” By DeWitt Henry, Literary Bookmarks Editor Critic James Wood observes that “tension between the author’s style and his or her characters’ styles becomes acute when three elements coincide: when a notable stylist is at…
Art Spotlight: Gina Louthian-Stanley
Golden Moon See Gina Louthian-Stanley’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 encaustics 8″ x 8″ In my work, I utilize various color harmonies and surface textures to visually engage the audience. I also explore the range of possibilities allowed through subtle changes: color choice, composition, method of application, surface preparation, etc. I choose not to…
Literary Spotlight: Cal Setar
From WTP Vol. VI #1 Wabi-Sabi By Cal Setar I want to write a story. Maybe… Yes… Yes. I want to write a story. I want to write a story about a guy and a girl who meet under, let’s say, difficult circumstances. Maybe it’s a menial job, or a less than ideal living situation—a…
The Broadsided Press Story
“I wanted to see what I could do to move poems out into a more public arena.” By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Broadsided Press came about when, after earning her MFA in poetry, Elizabeth Bradfield longed to keep alive that sense of a literary community. She wanted to feel as deeply engaged with the…
On Writing: Letting Go of What’s Next
“I write to analyze. And I analyze to improve.” By Nina Badzin, WTP Guest Writer Nina Badzin is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer, advice columnist, co-founder of The Twin Cities Writing Studio, wife, and mother of four. She has been (and in some cases is currently) a contributing writer at Brain, Child Magazine, City South Magazine, Edina Magazine, The…
WTP Artist: Bronwen Hazlett
“If you can repeat the mistake, then it becomes a technique that can be used with intention. Interview by August Smith, WTP Features Writer Bronwen Hazlett is from many places but nowhere specific. Her dad was a career Navy doctor who took her family from Japan, to the Mid-Atlantic states, and back to Japan again before…
Exhibition Review: Michelangelo at the Met
Drawings by a Master By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief The Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer exhibition at the Met is a must-see. It ends February 12, so if you’re in the city, it’s worth the trip and braving the crowds. It’s a phenomenal showcase of more than two hundred works, including Michelangelo’s sculptures, and even a…
Art Spotlight: Laura Noel
Trophy See Laura Noel’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 archival print 20″ x 16″ ‘The inside dog barks the loudest.’ A friend mentioned this phrase in a casual conversation about two years ago, and since then, I have been ruminating on these words. The idea of the inside dog needles me because the meaning…
Literary Spotlight: Michael Thurston
From WTP Vol. VI #1 Driving to Petersham By Michael Thurston 1. Around the Quabbin, marsh ponds stare at clouds like the eyes of the drowned watch hulls going over. 2. Let’s say the dry stalks scrape the eye and prop the lid of the descending sky. 3. The first car pins the squirrel so…
WTP Writer: Lynn Lipinski
“I don’t think I can get away from mining from personal and professional experiences for emotional truths in my stories” Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Lynn Lipinski is an MFA student at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in UCLA Magazine, Trojan Family Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and…