Essay Collections in a Global Time By DeWitt Henry, Literary Bookmarks Editor In the American Sixties, a writer’s “sense of place” usually referred to regionalism and immediately brought to mind Faulkner, Cather, and Frost. For English writers, the phrase suggested colonial displacements, such as E.M. Forster’s India or Joseph Conrad’s Congo. Since then, however, with…
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WTP Artist: Greg Skol
Contemporary Landscape Collage Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer For the past thirty years, Greg Skol has been an artist, working in Los Angeles and San Francisco before eventually settling in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1990. His artwork has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, and other cities. The Albuquerque…
Eye on the Indies
A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor FOR SINGLE MOTHERS WORKING AS TRAIN CONDUCTORS by Laura Esther Wolfson (University of Iowa Press, June 1, 2018). 144 pp, paper original $19.95. Also available as e-book. “Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.” —Rita Mae Brown, Starting from…
WTP Roundup: From the Editor
July 2018 By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief Summer is upon us and so are our 2018 literary and fine art Hampton competitions: submissions open July 15th! Don’t wait until last minute to submit, as we do consider all submissions on a rolling basis for the magazine as well. Jacqueline Kolosov, our first place 2017 literary awardee,…
Art Spotlight: Michael Kesselman
Leo See Michael Kesselman’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 mixed media 9″ x 9″ x 5″ Simple and accessible, my sculptures portray common objects in unexpected forms that are surprising, intelligent, beautiful, and humorous. Made from incongruous components, they attempt to define the essence of things by disrupting our expectations: is a chair with five…
Literary Spotlight: Robert B. Shaw
From WTP Vol. VI #6 Enigmas of Weeding By Robert B. Shaw Wading into my garden’s anarchy, I see it little matters where I start. The rubber kneeling pad I have with me, the slender, pointed trowel can’t do their part till I, as sponsoring intelligence, decide what needs to go from this small jungle.…
Site Review: Andrea Rae
Fabric Art and the Universal By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Andrea Rae is a mixed-media artist who blends fabric, soft sculpture, and photography in both representational and symbolic work that explores humanity’s correlations rather than our differences. Her site presents a multitude of individual works as well as large-scale installations. Rae began experimenting with different…
Featured Bookmarks: The Literary
July 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. Adam Scheffler The appeal of Adam Scheffler’s work is reflected by his appearances in scores of literary magazines and the selection of his first collection…
Inside the Studio: Chloe Hedden
See Hedden’s work in WTP Vol. VI #5. 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 Chloe Hedden loves her Boulder, Colorado, studio. It doesn’t matter that it’s small and…
WTP Artist: Mary Reilly
Drawing and Toning with Eight Layers of Graphite Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Mary Reilly’s art has been featured in solo exhibitions in New York City at Garvey/Simon Art Access and the Museum of the City of New York, as well as other galleries, and in numerous group exhibitions. Her work has been…
Site Review: Deborah Weiss
An Intuitive Process By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Deborah Weiss is a painter and printmaker whose work focuses on the effect of atmospheric conditions on land and water over time. Her compositions are inspired by the constant transformation of terrain caused by fluctuating climate and temperature. Weiss’s process is intuitive, and subject matter not pre-determined.…
Site Review: Meredith Sue Willis
A Treasure Trove of Information By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Meredith Sue Willis’s website is packed with information about writing and teaching, her life as a prolific writer, and resources to craft a marketable book. She splashes her website with images of her book covers, family photos, and other authors. She provides links to…