Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award First Place for the Literary Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Jacqueline Kolosov is the recipient of the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award for the Literary. She is a professor of English at Texas Tech University, where she directs both the undergraduate and graduate creative writing programs, and works…
Art Spotlight: Ellen Koment
Sky Madness Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Award for Fine Art See Ellen Koment’s work in the 2017 Special Winners Edition paper, wax, and pigment 44” x 30” Wax is different than other mediums. It is mutable, fluid, responsive, and forgiving. It is hotter, faster, and more physical. It doesn’t wait for you; instead, it hardens and…
Literary Spotlight: Jacqueline Kolosov
Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Award for the Literary Exit, Pursued by Bear By Jacqueline Kolosov See all the winners in the 2017 Special Winners Edition In the coming years, walking his daughter to daycare, or holding her hand as they cross the street, Peter Fricke will find himself asking if it was serendipity or fate that…
WTP Artist: Maggie Evans
“I am more interested in a vague, slightly psychological impression of reality.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Maggie Evans is fascinated by how people aspire to be individuals, but also part of a group. The artist, who’s based in Savannah, Georgia, examines this concept of collective behavior through her drawings, installments, and paintings.…
WTP Artist: William Crump
“It’s the artist who is in no hurry, who takes the long road, that I admire.” Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer William Crump earned his BFA from Ringling School of Art and Design 1994. Currently lives and works in the East Village. Selected exhibitions include: Objective Painter, Station Independent Projects (curator); American Pharoahs (curator); TSA…
Art Spotlight: Tong Zhang
Pond See Tong Zhang’s work in WTP Vol. V #9 watercolor, watercolor pencil, and charcoal on paper 46” x 37” Zhang’s dark watercolor paintings serve to “contextualize a moment of awareness that transforms phenomena into mental energy, in which the normal ways of behaving, rules, and laws no longer apply. Lived experience has been shifted to…
Literary Spotlight: Richard Hoffman
From WTP Vol. V #9 November Suite By Richard Hoffman 1. At first I held out my hands, then my arms, to welcome and hold all that was offered. In time I learned that none of it could be abandoned. Having wanted so much, having accepted so much, now possessing so much, what could I…
Art Spotlight: William Crump
Positive Force See William Crump’s work in WTP Vol. V #9 linen, glass, flashe, wood frame, and aluminum 20” x 20” When I sit down to make a collage, it is important for me to approach it with a different eye than I use in my painting and drawings. I’ve found it to be more spontaneous…
Literary Spotlight: Cynthia Close
From WTP Vol. V #9 Slip-Sliding Away By Cynthia Close It’s three o’clock and the low, late-winter-afternoon sun streams across my desk. I pick up the phone and dial. It’s the best time to reach Mom in her room, resting in her recliner, after lunch but before dinner. This had been a particularly bad week.…
WTP Writer: Paul Corrigan
“I must believe there is a place in the American canon for nature writing.” Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Paul Corrigan is a poet and essayist who has published his work in numerous magazines and literary journals, including The Maine Times, Blueline, Poetry Northwest and Yankee. He has been a high school English…
WTP 2017 First Place Literary Winner
Jacqueline Kolosov recipient of the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award Jacqueline Kolosov is the recipient of the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award for the Literary. She is a professor of English at Texas Tech University, where she directs both the undergraduate and graduate creative writing programs, and works in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and in hybrid…