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 […]
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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 46
Welcome to WWPH Writes 46… In this issue, our writers do a deep dive into real-world issues of gun violence as well as life in DC for a twenty-something. In Chloe Yelena Miller’s vivid lament, Water Guns, a mother and son are playing on a hot summer day, and yet, play is […]
WWPH Writes with THE CAREER ACADEMY: Issue # 25
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to a special issue of WWPH Writes featuring the work of young writers from the Career Academy, an alternative public high school in Baltimore. This project was a first for the Washington Writers’ Publishing House—to use our acclaimed anthology, This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 24
Welcome to Issue 24! This issue takes a look at ways in which the narrators confront memory and challenges. In Jessica Simon’s “Stuffed Dragons,” the narrator reflects on childhood time by the sea, and though not all memories are sweet, they are still part of who we are. In “The Rest of My Life Might […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 23
Cassiopeia. A Vigil Moon. The night sky embraces the works of our poet, Kim Roberts, and fiction writer, Marcy Dilworth, in our twenty-third issue. The language is so precise and vivid in these texts that I feel like I am with the storytellers, searching the stars, or basking in the moonlight at a Wawa convenience […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 22
In anticipation of April, National Poetry Month, we feature two poets in this issue. First, a new poet, Liv-e, brings thoughts of summer, adolescence, and family ties in her poem, “Swim Good.” And, Steven Leyva, winner of WWPH’s 2020 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize, celebrates the re-launch of his acclaimed collection, The Understudy’s Handbook, and shares […]