Waterwheel Review

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Who made it? Issue #3

Who made it?

November 2020 | Issue #3

With “Corralling” by Mary Warren Foulk

self portrait photo of author's shadow against rock and sand
Self-portrait photo by author.
“Midlife Crisis” by Faith No More.

With “Wish” by W.A. Schwartz

acrylic abstract painting of angel with long blue hair
From a private collection, Angel in mixed media on paper (acrylic, India ink, gesso, oil pastels, colored pencils, tile mortar) by friend of the author, Tom Lavie.

With “The Family Dollar” by Catherine Schmitt

abandoned dollar store with church in background
Photo of abandoned Family Dollar in Maine by author.
text of Henry David Thoreau's views on economy
Quotes by Henry David Thoreau.

Acknowledgments

Grass photo by FOX from Pexels.

Bunny Mousse. Amazing Magical Jell-O Desserts, General Foods Corporation, 1977. 

Maine dollar stores map from “Dollar Stores in Maine” by C. Milkowski, University of Southern Maine.

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Who made it? Issue #2

Who made it?

October 2020 | Issue #2

With “Pioggia” by JC Reilly

Abstract cover art of a cello with yellows, maroon, blues, and purples
“Cello Flight” composed and performed by Melissa Westgate.
Photo of alley in Venice by author JC Reilly. 

With “Jumpers” by Seth Jani

“The Late John Garfield Blues” by John Prine.

With “ballad of tribades / song of sodomites” by Hazelle Lerum

Child diagram showing the parts of a flower.
Preschool science project by Rafferty Smith.
“Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” by Ian Dury.

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Who made it? Issue #1

Who made it?

September 2020 | Issue #1

With “Forgive the Form” by Christina Rauh Fishburne

Sculpture from Margot Robinson’s Mystical Dreamer collection. 
“Until the Charm Fades” written and performed by Charlie Rauh in response to his sister’s piece.

With “Three Women Writing Around My Head” by Jefferson Navicky 

abstract painting with two stick people jumping pillar to pillar under the sun
Background image from Parkour in Purgatory in acrylic, enamel, marker, by Deb Farrell.

With “We Have Always Been Who We Are” by Sofia T. Romero

looking up the trunk and through the canopy of a weeping birch tree
A weeping beech at the DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts by author Sofia T. Romero.
close up of large tree trunk with carved initials
Background image of a weeping beech at the DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts by author Sofia T. Romero.

Acknowledgments

For the collage of women writers Kate Barnes, Sarah Orne Jewett, Ruth Moore, and photo of Moore’s typewriter, photos courtesy of the Maine Women Writers Collection at University of New England.

Hall of mirrors photo from Amazing Mirror Maze.