WWPH Writes 75…To help celebrate PRIDE, this issue of WWPH Writes is dedicated to the Pride Fellows at the Arts Club of Washington: Regie Cabico, Ishanee Chanda, Hiram Larew, and Michelle Parkerson. I am also thrilled to be part of this talented group. The Pride Poetry Residency at the Arts Club was started by local poet […]
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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 74
WWPH Writes 74…and we are ready for summer! We have works that evoke summertime with poetry about the sea by Donald Illich in THE OCEAN THIEF and creative nonfiction by Sharon North in SHELTER FROM THE STORM, and we have our annual WWPH PRIDE poetry and prose contest opening on June 1st and our TINY […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 71
WWPH Writes 71…features two works with hints of wonder and bits of magic–Discarded Shards by Eva K. Sullivan and a novel excerpt from Bookstories by Sarah Tollok. We have a busy spring ahead at WWPH! We are thrilled that our premier work in translation, AGUAS/Waters by Miguel Avero, is soon to be published (May 16th)–see […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 69
Welcome to issue 69… we are kicking off March, Women’s History Month, with Getting To Know The Neighbors by poet Shenandoah Sowash and A Rock Star of My Own, music-inspired creative nonfiction by Laura Sturza. Plus, a special shout out to our friends at The Inner Loop for doing all they do to promote authors in […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 68
Welcome to issue 68… we are amplifying the works of two writers with celebrated new books, poet Simon Shieh and fiction writer Elizabeth Bruce, and announcing the winners of our 2024 manuscript contests. We are grateful to all who shared their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry manuscripts with us. There is so much literary talent in […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 67- SPECIAL AWP ISSUE
Welcome to Issue 67… and works that transport us far beyond the ordinary, Astrolabe, a poem by David Keplinger, and The House of Plain Truth, a novel excerpt by Donna Hemans. We are excited to have the Washington Writers’ Publishing House at AWP in Kansas City this week. Stop by our exhibit table (T3034) and […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 66
Www Welcome to Issue 66. We have writing that darkly plays with form and voice this week in the work of Virginia writers Philip Raisor and Steve Bills. We have news about WRITING THE DMV reading and celebration kick-off at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference with our friends at Day Eight […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 65
Www Happy New Year! Welcome to Issue 65. This issue has many surprises. Miho Kinnas and E. Ethelbert Miller have collaborated on poems, what Ethelbert calls “twoness poems.” Their poem, What Should We Do with All This History?, begins with this question but ends, “Every dictator believes in resurrection.” Read it to see how these masterful poets arrive […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 63
Www WWPH Writes 63… seeks love this holiday season with two heartfelt works… Misfortune of the Perpetually Single Gay Male Romantic by Piérre Ramon Thomas and …nothing like the sun by Jamie Kern. Congratulations to our WWPH Writes the Holidays winners! Thank you to all who entered our end-of-year tradition here at the Washington Writers’ […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 62
Www WWPH Writes 62… is about appreciation. In Jack Jacobs’ poem Avenue, the speaker realizes their appreciation for the unknown with this revelation, “Mystery holds the key/To joy,” and in Barbara A. Wanchisen’s creative nonfiction, Ten Years Later, the narrative is all about finding peace and appreciation in the act of memorializing a loved one. […]