Finding Reality in Fiction By Dan Wakefield, WTP Guest Writer The Town of Whispering Dolls by Susan Neville (Tuscalossa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, March 2020; 216 pages; $17.95). Winner of FC2’s Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. We always hear that “truth is stranger than fiction.” Sometimes fiction conveys a deeper truth. That’s what happens…
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Robert D. Kirvel
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Word by Word, Moon by Moon
“I learned how to love, hate, tease, trick, and warp a word.” A Poem Prompt from Elizabeth Bradfield “Once, when I wanted to jump-start my writing life, I happened to go to a gallery opening. On display was an artist’s 52 paintings of the moon, one each week of the year. Although I didn’t particularly…
Sherry Karver
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An Insane Novel for Insane Times
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Little Constructions: A Novel by Anna Burns (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, February 18, 2020; 312 pages; $16.00; paperback ISBN 978-1-64445-013-0). First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2007. “In violence, we forget who we…
WTP Vol. VIII #2
This month in WTP: eye-popping optical art, a bluejay who stole the moon, identity and perceptions, and so much more. To view more extraordinary issues, visit our WTP Magazine page. click on cover to go to issue Print copy available here.
A Classically Schooled Fine Art Photographer
Jasper de Beijer has exhibited in Europe and the United States. His solo exhibitions include The Hague Museum of Photography; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver; Museum Het Domein in Sittard, The Netherlands; the Museum de Hallen Haarlem, The Netherlands; Hamish Morisson Gallery, Berlin; the Empire Project, Istanbul; and Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Milan. He…
Carolyn Case
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A Sea Coast Studio
Inside the Studio with Richard Whadcock 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. See Richard Whadcock’s work in WTP Vol. VIII #1. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer In 2017, painter Richard Whadcock leased a workspace at Chartwell…
Sue D. Burton
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Poetry as Tangible Language
Jeffrey Harrison is the author of six books of poetry. In addition, a volume of selected early poems, The Names of Things, was published by The Waywiser Press in 2006. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bogliasco Foundation, among other honors. His poems have appeared widely…
BIRDER ON BERRY LANE by Robert Tougias
Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor Birder on Berry Lane: Three Acres, Twelve Months, Thousands of Birds by Robert Tougias, illustrated by Mark Szantyr (Watertown, Massachusetts: Imagine! Publishing (a Charlesbridge imprint), March 17, 2020; 224 pages; $19.99; hardback ISBN 978-1-62354-541-3). “O, well…