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Writing a Persona Other than Your Own
“I had made the triple transgression of assuming the persona of someone who was of a different race, a different gender, and a different age.” By Stephen Davenport See his work in WTP Vol. V #2 According to a young editor at a New York City publishing house, my niche is 1. White. 2. Male.…
Art Spotlight: David D'Agostino
Lost Creek Wilderness See David D’Agostino’s work in WTP Vol. V #2 acrylic and sumi ink on canvas 20″ x 24″ A simple walk in the New Mexico wilderness both enthralls and terrorizes me. Suddenly, a desert thunderstorm creates whirling pools of blindness or iced rivers propel an irreversible slip of bone and muscle. Based…
Literary Spotlight: Stephen Davenport
From WTP Vol. V #2 Too Young for World War II By Stephen Davenport My brothers and I were too young for World War II, but nevertheless, it seemed very close to us. Our next-door neighbors in Riverside, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound were British. They hosted fighter pilots the Royal Air Force sent across…
Site Review: SFK Press
Southern Fried Karma by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor SFK Press, a.k.a. Southern Fried Karma, is an independent press founded by Steve McCondichie devoted to publishing Southern authors. Based in Metro Atlanta, McCondichie is after works that expand the definition of Southern literature, from “the bespectacled Flannery O’Connor” to authors who “have dumped the askew pastorals…
Site Review: David French
Painting to Make Sense of Pain By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Submit your website for review by WTP On his website, David French’s artist statement begins poignantly: “I was diagnosed with cancer in 2000. Today I am cancer free. This personally painful experience profoundly shaped me as an individual and artist. This event informs my artwork…
Dancepoem: Behind the Scenes
Combining Two Artistic Mediums By Eleni Cay As part of my work-in-progress project Heteroglossia, I had a vision of a dancepoem which would be a discussion of the two arts, bringing together a dialogue between The Moon and The Sun, between the male and female force. I was very fortunate to work with the dancer…
Site Review: LitReactor
Gaming the Workshop by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor The team behind LitReactor, a literary website that offers online classes and writers’ workshops, a features magazine, a podcast, and a Reddit-esque community chatroom, doesn’t shy away from bold claims. On their about page, they boast: “If you’re passionate about reading and/or writing, this is the only website…
Art Spotlight: Hildy Maze
The Owner of Chaos is Thought See Hildy Maze’s work in WTP Vol. V #2 oil and paper 38″ x 39″ My abstract contemplative work is developed with the view that art has the capacity to infuse the experience of everyday life with awareness. Using my experience of passion, aggression and ignorance I delve into…
Literary Spotlight: DeWitt Henry
From WTP Vol. V #2 On Voice By DeWitt Henry I’d never seen or imagined vocal cords. Heard about them, of course—the voice box, the larynx. The word “cords” suggests string instruments, where a finger pluck or felt hammer causes vibrations at different frequencies, high notes, middle, and low. But here I’m about to have…
What Makes a Writer Southern?
Living in the Southern Shadow By Kelsey Asher, SFK Press If you think of writing as paint by numbers, then writers, or word painters, take to canvas and color in and out of the lines, but ultimately the landscapes they portray keep the edges they started with from the beginning, more or less. The way the…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
March 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. ArtReview: Asia Since I have a friend going to Singapore for the month of March and into April, I thought it appropriate to provide her with a…