From WTP Vol. VII #4 Go Boom By Elizabeth Hamilton If you’re a woman and you want to join the U.S. Army, the first thing the recruiter at the Army Recruiting Office in Dallas will tell you is to drive across the city to talk with the Air Force guys. The Army won’t turn you…
Liz Nielsen
Painting with Light Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Liz Nielsen is a Brooklyn-based artist whose works have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Paris, London, Budapest, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Her photographs are printed in the analog color darkroom, with handmade negatives and found light sources. They range in size from 100-by-100-inches to 8-by-8-inches.…
Rebecca Olander
From WTP Vol. VII #3 Turritopsis dohrnii By Rebecca Olander In a tenth-floor hospital room, my father survives surgery with scars, the tang of residual fear, and green Jell-O. The besieged brain chugs along, the scalp peeled open, shunt placed, cancer given marching orders to the abdomen. His wife leans in, and he thinks she…
Krista Harris
See Harris’s work in WTP Vol. VII #3 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 In 2007, Krista Harris renovated her log cabin studio in Bayfield, Colorado. Her 16′ x…
Peter Johnson
“I write what I feel like writing, though I feel most comfortable in short forms.” Peter Johnson’s work has received creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rhode Island Council on the Arts, along with a “Best Book of 2012” citation by Kirkus Reviews. His second book of prose poems…
Bo Kyung Kim
See Kim’s work in WTP Vol. VII #3 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 After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design last year, Bo Kyung Kim was…
STRIKE THE EMPTY by Beth Kephart
Beth Kephart’s new book on memoir extends her ongoing conversation By Richard Gilbert, WTP Contributing Editor STRIKE THE EMPTY: NOTES FOR READERS, WRITERS, AND TEACHERS OF MEMOIR by Beth Kephart (Juncture Workshops, 2019). 185 pp, $12.00. Let’s start with the title, a very good place to start—bemused, as you are, by what “The Empty” is…
Mauricio Paz Viola
Crystallization See Mauricio Paz Viola’s work in WTP Vol. VII #3 oil on canvas 16’’ x 23” “My works feature images of imaginary landscapes, empty or inhabited by unknown beings; landscapes that externalize the constant inner struggle of being human, that visualize conflict between good and evil, between light and darkness… hence, landscapes inhabited by…
Salvatore Difalco
From WTP Vol. VII #3 Large Anthropomorphic Canary By Salvatore Difalco The only failure is not trying. That’s what I believe. And I have not been afraid to fail. Ask my agent. She knows. At least I think she knows. But in many respects, as I explained to my agent last time she answered…
George Fellner: Photographer and Architect
Imaginary Realms: Crystal Photography Video by The Voice of Art Gallery & Studio George Fellner is committed to a dual life-path involving visual discovery and design, relating to both the natural and built environments. Inspired by his travels as well as his in-depth involvement with photo essays, George’s photographic subjects include landscape, architecture, travel, portrait, and…
ALL THE FIERCE TETHERS by Lia Purpura
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor All the Fierce Tethers: Essays by Lia Purpura (Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, April 9, 2019). 200 pages, $10.76, paperback ISBN 9781946448309. “Perhaps I have trained myself to see what others overlook.” —Sherlock Holmes “A Case of…