TWM is in its third year. I am really grateful to all those connected to me and to the magazine.
From August 2018 edition, Shane Joseph writes a new book review column.
Shane’s Stack ‘ n Stock
Shane Joseph is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, Canada.
Self-taught, with four degrees under his belt obtained through distance education, Shane is an avid traveller and has visited one country for every year of his life and lived in four of them. He fondly recalls incidents during his travels as real lessons he could never have learned in school: husky riding in Finland with no training, trekking the Inca Trail in Peru through an unending rainstorm, hitch-hiking in Australia without a map, escaping a wild elephant in Zambia, and being stranded without money in Denmark, are some of his memories.
( for more, visit his website: https://shanejoseph.com/about/)
The first episode, in light of V.S. Naipaul’s death, starts off with a doubleheader of two books, based on this enigmatic author, one non-fiction (Sir Vidia’s Shadow by Paul Theroux) and the other fiction (The Last Word by Hanif Kureishi)
Please wait for the September 15th, edition. Until then, remain as usual.
(If any of you would like to view, here is the link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?115502-1/sir-vidias-shadow where Paul Theroux talks about his book, Sir Vidia’s Shadow, published by Houghton Mifflin Company)
This edition’s wrapper art is by Michal (Mitak) Mahgerefteh. She is an award-winning poet and a multi-media artist from Israel, living in Virginia since 1986. She is the author of four poetry collections and editor-in-chief of the international literary magazine Poetica. In July 2017, Mitak received a second-place award for her pastel painting from PrimePlus Exhibition (VA), an honourable mention for her pastel painting from Chesapeake Bay Art Association (VA) member show, an honourable mention from Blank Art Space’s Color Art Contest, and has been accepted for publication by Sonder Review. Starting in late 2017, She is now concentrating on creating paintings using three digital apps on her iPad Pro. Most of the paintings are inspired by world travel. If you are interested in purchasing any of these award-winning pieces, or to see more of Michal’s work, please visit her website: www.michal-mahgerefteh.com/.