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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 78

WWPH Writes 78…features Leona Sevick’s poem, STEADY, GIRL, about horses, wildness, love, and devotion that stays, and leaves, and shows us masterful imagery and metaphor. Briana Maley’s micro prose, HOW LIFE GOES SOMETIMES, is a meditation about her father, a kite, a beach, and a longing for summer never to end. However, even as it does end, “All of it […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 77

WWPH Writes 77…and we are looking forward to seeing many of you this weekend at our Aguas/Waters events at Politics & Prose in DC, at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, and at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda! See below for details. Free and open to all. But first, read on to this issue’s poetry, ONLY, […]

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 72

WWPH Writes 72… why is this issue different from all others? In this issue, food symbolizes so much more — our past, our futures, our prophecies. Lunchtime Lesson by Terry Cox-Joseph transports us back; Why is This Shopping Trip Different Thank All Others or Freedom’s Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Buy from Beth Kanter is a small miracle […]

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 […]