March 2017 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. Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices Founded in 2008 by novelist Lee Hope and photographer William Betcher, and based in Natick, Massachusetts, Solstice appears online…
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Book Review: Suddenly, It's Evening
“It may be evening, but it’s not yet night.” By Joyce Peseroff, Contributing Editor SUDDENLY, IT’S EVENING: SELECTED POEMS, John Skoyles (Carnegie Mellon, 2016). 112 pp. $16.95 INSIDE JOB, John Skoyles (Carnegie Mellon, 2016). 72 pp. $12.25. John Skoyles has had a long career as a poet, memoirist, novelist, essayist, editor, and academic. The title…
WTP Writer: Mark Mayes
A Multi-Genre Writer and His First Book Interview by Jo Ely, Contributing Editor Mark Mayes has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies in the UK, Ireland, the United States, and Italy. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. He has been shortlisted for literary prizes, including the…
Art Spotlight: Mike XVX
Specters on the Sound Puget Sound, Washington See Mike XVX’s work in Vol. V #1 Photograph For the past several years I’ve developed an ongoing body of work entitled Dead Cities, which is a thorough documentation of abandoned and forgotten places across the world. I have traveled extensively with my musical projects and have set…
Literary Spotlight: Erin Wood
From WTP Vol. V #1 Tissue: A Scar Story By Erin Wood I layer my daughter’s skin over my skin like translucent sheets of tissue paper, her scar story over my scar story. I hold the layers up against the light. Behind them, shadows move. [gap height=”10″] ~ [gap height=”10″] I think of her skin.…
Site Review: Joseph O'Neill
An Abstract New York By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor See O’Neill’s work in Vol. IV #10 Submit your website for review by WTP On his website, Joseph O’Neill observes: “When we hear ‘black and white,’ we assume that is all we see.” His impressive portfolio is a strong testament to the power and complexity of…
Ken Berman in the Studio
Pause… By Ken Berman See his work in Vol. III #6 Metaphorically, my work is about the mechanics of this modern age and the behavior of the people within it. In many ways it is a visual equivalent to Shakespeare’s monologue “All the World’s a Stage” from As You Like It in that the men…
Book Review: Imaginary Realms
George Fellner on Stones and Crystals By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor IMAGINARY REALMS: THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF STONES AND CRYSTALS, George Fellner (Stone Insight Books, 2016). 104pp with 77 full-color images. $57.99 or free on Kindle Unlimited. Stones and crystals have been a source of fascination throughout the ages, but through a most modern medium—macro…
Kim Rae Taylor: Process Studies
The Making of Three Works By Kim Rae Taylor See her work in WTP Vol. V #1 Study 1 The shapes and textures that compose the surfaces of my paintings and drawings tend to be found within the natural world. I take reference photos of these elements and then look to the array of collage media I’ve…
Art Spotlight: Yasuaki Okamoto
Dear Landlord See Okamoto’s work in Vol. V #1 Oil on canvas 30″ x 40″ My paintings perform a kind of surrealism that incorporates animals, plants, everyday objects, landscape, and ethereal beings. I paint them into my paintings as an icon of a death, life, and/or nature…
Literary Spotlight: David Wheldon
From WTP Vol. V #1 The Vigil By David Wheldon I came across Jane Shanks in a more personal way one May morning when she was twenty-eight. A tall woman, she came down the front steps of her father’s house at an active and determined pace, two steps at a time, and stood on the wide pavement…
Site Review: Lauren Raine
A Professional Mask-Maker, Process, and Inspiration By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Submit your website for review by WTP It’s not often we have a website submitted for review by a master mask-maker—Lauren Raine’s site is a visual feast of creativity. Raine (pictured) details actual events she’s directed herself around her collections, such as Masks of…