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Author: Sandra
Author of Blue Glass, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and After Lydia, both published by Harcourt Brace; awarded BA from Amherst College and MFA in writing from Columbia University; professor of creative writing on both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including at Columbia University, (NY), Wesleyan University (CT), and Manhattanvill College, (NY); served as assistant editor at Ploughshares and The Paris Review literary magazines, and production freelancer for Glamour, Self, and Vogue
magazines; freelance editor; Stony Brook University’s national annual fiction contest judge; a 2013 BlogHer.com Voices of the Year.
WTP 2019 Honorable Mentions
Congratulations for being awarded Honorable Mentions in our 2019 Hampton Competitions! For Fine Art Carolyn DiFiori Hopkins She was born in Philadelphia and grew up mainly in Southern New Jersey. She holds an M.F.A. from the University at Albany, an M.A. from the University at Albany, and a B.A. from Rutgers University. Growing up in…
Galleries—Make a Difference
Exhibitions and Activism By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief In light of recent events, of the reckless, dangerous, and entirely callous trajectory of our new president, I applaud the resistance by the arts community, from the more national movements of the J20 Art strike and petitions circulating by Americans for the Arts Action, to the more local of actual…
Artists in The Big Apple
Innovative Artists at Artexpo NY By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief April 16th, I attended the annual Arts Expo in New York City, over on Pier 94. For 38 years, the Art Expo has presented itself as a focal point for artists each spring in the big apple. Over the course of four days, literally thousands flock to…
Art Spotlight: Dana Filibert
By Dana Filibert steel, foam, repurposed objects, epoxy paint 8′ x 4′ x 10′
Richard Skinner on: "A Huge Influence on my Novel"
Who or what has been a big influence on your writing, be it a book, film, or mentor? “I started out almost as a documentary director and ended up as a producer of opera.” Michael Powell Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s amazing movie, Black Narcissus, was a huge influence on my novel The Mirror, which is set entirely…
A Lesson in Odes
by Laura Shovan [dropcap]O[/dropcap]des are all about tone. Show enough enthusiasm for even a simple object like a shoe, and a poet can convince the reader of the object’s value, that it’s worthy of attention. That is what Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did with his Odes to Common Things, a book which still influences poets…
Old Photographs and Memoir
By Lee Martin of http://leemartinauthor.com I remember on New Year’s Eve, when I was a boy, my father’s side of the family would gather for a supper of oyster soup and games of cards—usually either Pitch or Rook. This was in a day when we didn’t have cell phones that took pictures, when we didn’t…
Organizing the Memoir
By Lee Martin of http://leemartinauthor.com Were you feeling a little disorganized around the holidays? Imagine the way writers of memoirs must feel when faced with the task of giving shape and structure to the experiences that they’re trying to render on the page. I’ve had a request to talk about such things, so here goes. When writing…
Focusing Your Flash Fiction
By T.K. Young of http://www.flashfictionblog.com Flash fiction is all about brevity. So if you want to write good flash fiction, focus is the critical skill for getting your message across in a format that forces you to use as few words as possible. But there are three big pitfalls that can lead to unfocused writing: Lack…
Novel Writing: Enrichment of Real Research
By Mark Fine of http://finewrites.blogspot.com/p/main-page.html In writing and researching my historical novel The Zebra Affaire, I had the privilege of viewing many wild creatures in their natural habitats. Being in the bush, tracking game (with camera, and not firearm) is not a bookish, academic pursuit. The composite of the senses are vital to telling your story: the wretched…
Characterization and the Car Crash
By Ken Elkes of http://kenelkes.wordpress.com Some musings on writing. Let’s start with three examples: 1. I was in a road traffic accident the other day. I didn’t suffer any injuries, though my car may not be repairable. Unfortunately it was my birthday. 2. I had an interesting birthday. Got into a car crash on the motorway. Not a scratch on me…