See more of their work in Vol. VI #7 The Heart’s Bones By Jeff McRae The birds, I’ve heard them a thousand times before but they are still exotic to me. It’s not fair, all the ways you can hate someone by loving them. A twist, as they say. One that breaks the heart’s bones.…
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Inside the Studio: Emily M. Rangel-Cascio
See Rangel-Cascio’s work in WTP Vol. VI #7. Inside the Studio offers a behind-the scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer At Northern Illinois University, ceramic artist Emily M. Rangel-Cascio turned a windowless, plain studio into a…
Inside the Studio: David Criner
See Criner’s work in WTP Vol. VI #7. Inside the Studio offers a behind-the scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer For David Criner, a basement studio has become his sanctuary. There, in his Chicago home, his…
Eye on the Indies
A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor A HISTORY OF SILENCE: FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY by Alain Corbin, translated by Jean Birrell (Cambridge, UK & Medford, MA, USA: Polity Press, June 2018). 160 pp, paperback $19.95. Also available as hardcover and e-book. French edition: Paris: Éditions…
Art Spotlight: Juno Morrow
Hypnagogia See Juno Morrow’s work in WTP Vol. VI #7 digital photograph I am intoxicated by beautiful light and dramatic contrast. I am captivated by structure, geometry, and pattern. By decontextualizing mundane subjects, my hope is to expose emotionally raw undercurrents, instilling wonder. Visually, my work is used to deconstruct spatial relationships and explore dimensionality.…
Literary Spotlight: Robin van Eck
From WTP Vol. VI #7 Nicky Nicky Nine Doors By Robin van Eck An itch skittered across the nape of his neck. He peeked through the peephole. No shadows. No unwelcomed movement. Like the first time, he grasped the knob and pulled open the door slowly, listening for the hushed giggles. Scratch stepped onto the…
WTP Roundup: From the Editor
September 2018 By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief Hope you all had a terrific summer! Tomorrow our first fall WTP issue goes live. We held it until after the holiday to be sure it doesn’t get lost in all the end-of-summer festivities. And look this month for our art correspondent roundups, what you may have missed in…
WTP Artist: David Quinn
Finding Beauty and Drama in Long Island By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer David Quinn is a self-taught photographer in Setauket, New York, who became interested in photography in his early fifties. He focuses mainly on creating landscape, flower, and nature images with an occasional venture into street and architectural pictures. In his artwork,…
Art Spotlight: Froso Papadimitriou
Pointless Self-Portrait 04 See Froso Papadimitriou’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 fabric, acrylic, ink, pigment, thread on recycled canvas 16” x 24” Froso Papadimitriou experiments with multiple art forms, including painting, art installation, drawing, sculpture, video, and craft. Personal experience, observations, and social behaviors and their dynamics have become her raw materials, as she…
WTP Writer: Lynn Casteel Harper
“I am not interested in writing detached from people’s actual lives.” By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Lynn Casteel Harper is a writer, minister, and chaplain. Her nonfiction book, On Vanishing, is forthcoming with Catapult Books. Her work has appeared in Kenyon Review online, Catapult, The Huffington Post, North American Review, Tiferet, New Delta Review, CALYX, and…
Art Spotlight: Greg Skol
Paper Towns #6 See Greg Skol’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 oil on panel 6″ x 6” My work is about evocation, not transcription. I try to speak to our human connection with our natural environment, through images that transcend specificity of place. As we are both a part of that nature and apart from…
Art Spotlight: Nguyen Thi Mai
Belly Dancers See Nguyen Thi Mai’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 acrylic on canvas 51” x 39 There are three common ingredients that always influence my work: colors, music, and the feminine form. I use neutral and rustic colors, to symbolize the old and the simple things in life. Colors that are found in antique…