(click on cover to go to issue) This Month: Fashion as Fine Art, Haystacks, Dolphins and more To buy a print copy go here.
Lessons Learned in a Literary Office
by Editor-in-Chief Sandra Tyler As The Woven Tale Press continues to evolve, it has captured the intrigue of new contributing editors, including DeWitt Henry, the founding editor of the award-winning literary journal Ploughshares. Back 30 years ago, while interning for him as an editorial assistant, I learned the hard lesson I went on to indoctrinate…
Alex Hall: Photography
Artwork 00409-00410 Abstractions and variants including photo from USGS bee survey Pseudospinolia Neglecta This hybrid digital paint/digital photography work is derived from two sources, which I worked up and heavily modified in Photoshop and Filter Forge. One source is a USGS Bee Survey public domain photograph; click the image to open the source page for…
Michelle Hold: Studio Visit
“No-Time, No-Space, No-Body” by Michelle Hold See her work in The Woven Tale Press Vol. IV #7 Video by Michelle Hold “My work is an exploration of the abstract, dance-like gestures, the vibrations of color and simple words. Light, movement, nature and new spirituality with scientific grounding are essential to my paintings and I am fascinated…
Something New — our WTP blog!
Submit your Reviews by Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief From its inception three years ago, WTP has sought to grow Web traffic for noteworthy artists and writers, in our magazine, by having readers click on the name credit to learn more about a contributor; we also deepen these connections to our contributors, by exploring the creative process…
WTP Artist: Donald Martiny
“Brushstrokes are human, personal, and intimate.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Donald Martiny currently lives and works in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was born in Schenectady, NY, in 1953 and studied at the School of the Visual Arts, The Art Students League in New York, New York University and the Pennsylvania Academy of…
Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs
Creating art, looking at art, watching shows about art and artists fills a good portion of my day. Hopefully you have something that fills your day with joy. Here are some great links for artists and art lovers. I hope you enjoy them. Hyperallergic, an incredible art blog, says…”New York City has over 1,000 monuments…
Richard Gilbert: My Dog Tale Published
Relearning the Essay What our crazy canine teaches me (again) At last I’ve documented our family dog’s epic weirdness—and, well, mine. My essay “Why I Hate My Dog” explains on Longreads. Bottom line and fair warning to the rescue-minded: every adult pound dog I’ve known or heard about has suffered from scorching separation anxiety. Belle’s is…
Erin Clossey: 45th Anniversary Ploughshares
For 45 Years, Ploughshares Has Been on Cutting Edge of Literature Founded by DeWitt Henry, contributing editor for The Woven Tale Press In 1971, DeWitt Henry, now professor emeritus of Emerson’s Writing, Literature and Publishing Department, and Peter O’Malley, owner of The Plough and Stars pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, decided through discussions over pints that…
Art Spotlight: Andrea Borsuk
The Whimsical: Horseshoes, Rabbits’ feet, and Clocks See more of Borsuk’s work in The Woven Tale Press Vol. IV #6 I am fascinated by our cultural obsessions with the various rituals and talismans that we subscribe to for protection, good luck and safety in our daily lives. Horseshoes, rabbits’ feet, clocks, barometers and safety devices—all are…