Finding Truth in Fiction By DeWitt Henry, Literary Bookmarks Editor In the late 1960s, I believed in pure fiction, and as a writer set out to imagine and portray the inner life of working-class characters in my father’s candy factory. I also kept a writer’s notebook on the side, where I vented and mulled about…
Eye on the Indies
A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Reviews Editor ACTS OF ALLEGIANCE: A NOVEL by Peter Cunningham (New York: Arcade Publishing, September 11, 2018). First North American Edition; 296 pp, $22.99; hardback ISBN 97816287295535; also available as e-book. UK edition: Dingwall, Ross-shire: Sandstone Press, 2017; paperback. “’All men are loyal, but…
WTP Roundup: From the Editor
October 2018 By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief Our highlights for September include not only several virtual visits to artists’ studios, as well as our flagship website reviews, but also our summer roundups from our WTP art correspondents out in the field. We had our inaugural Provincetown roundup by Marni Katz, who was initially covering the Boston area.…
WTP Artist: Naomi Schlinke
“Ink is unparalleled in its fluidity, staining intensity, and transparency.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Naomi Schlinke is a Texas-based artist, whose work has been exhibited at the Robert McClain Gallery in Houston, The Dallas Contemporary, Texas State University in San Marcos, D. M. Allison Gallery in Houston, Women and Their Work, D…
Featured Bookmarks: The Literary
October 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. The Drum: A Literary Magazine For Your Ears An innovative, media-savvy enterprise begun in 2010 by novelist Henriette Power, now Henriette Lazaridis, The Drum beats…
Art Spotlight: Kathryn Shriver
Untitled (Smile) See Kathryn Shriver’s work in WTP Vol. VI #7 hand-woven and embroidered glass beads, faux fur, pumice paste, enamel paint on panel 11” x 7” Despite the continual upending of what art can be, presumptions of what art should be, remain steadfast and continue to be reinforced by categories and biases that run…
Literary Spotlight: Carl Boon
From WTP Vol. VI #7 Drang Valley 1965 By Carl Boon As the world begins to break in three— three hawks fleeing, three sailboats in different and uncompromising winds— I see myself as stone and blood again. I touch my sunburned throat, I say to her who cannot listen, there is, after all, no God…
Inside the Studio: Dorothea Osborn
See Osborn’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 Painter Dorothea Osborn draws inspiration from her home-based studio. She loves its location on the Normanskill…
Art Roundup: Provincetown
Summer 2018 By Marni Elyse Katz, WTP Art Correspondent Four times a year, WTP art correspondents from around the country will report back on the previous season, with images from exhibitions you otherwise might have missed, and their own insights into these varied venues. Provincetown, MA, will be featured annually with an exclusive summer coverage. Summer…
Art Roundup: Brooklyn
Summer 2018 Highlights By John S. Berman, WTP Art Correspondent Four times a year, WTP art correspondents from around the country will report back on the previous season, with images from exhibitions you otherwise might have missed, and their own insights into these varied venues. It’s been quite a year for the Brooklyn Museum. The…
Art Roundup: New York City
Summer 2018 Highlights By Emilia Dubicki, WTP Art Correspondent Four times a year, WTP art correspondents from around the country will report back on the previous season, with images from exhibitions you otherwise might have missed, and their own insights into these varied venues. I was in midtown on a broiling August weekday. New York…