PAULA WHYMAN
IMPORTANT!
Thank you for your interest in my early work.
Unfortunately, the only extant copy of the poem "My Little Rocking Horse," has been lost, or it's in a box in my parents' attic, along with the videotapes of me singing like the Partridge Family, and, I can only hope, my mother's 8-track of the Village People.
Unfortunately, the only extant copy of the poem "My Little Rocking Horse," has been lost, or it's in a box in my parents' attic, along with the videotapes of me singing like the Partridge Family, and, I can only hope, my mother's 8-track of the Village People.
I knew I'd find a place for this. Awww, I think i love you...
Selected Works
Fiction
A young woman struggles with an unplanned pregnancy.
Sexual and racial tensions in a classroom threaten to explode as a young teen faces choices that will haunt her in adulthood. ORDER HERE
Two American teens go on their first European trip and get into trouble.
A young girl in Thailand is sold into prostitution by her mother.
A woman is haunted by events from the past that threaten to disturb her domestic life.
A man battles neighbors to build his dream house, while his son resists the pull of the family heritage.
A psychologist confuses fantasy and reality as she travels alone for the first time after her divorce.
Humor
Dining out with dietary issues, and Twizzlers. From the Washington Post.
KITCHEN SINK LINKS
Washington Independent Review of Books
Washington's nonprofit online book review
Semi-Charmed Life: Surviving at the Center of the Universe
first-person column on absurdities of suburban life
Bethesda World News
Bethesda's own parody newspaper
When the Menu Is a Minefield
Washington Post Food section, on dining out with dietary issues
Ode to the Hand Dryers of La Guardia
guest post for Susan Coll's blog
Rumpus Mini-Interview #19
I interview visual artist Tim Guthrie about his unusual anti-war project.
Work-in-Progress: A blog by Leslie Pietrzyk
Explores the Creative Process
Alternate Sides: A blog by Susan Coll
Adventures Along the Northeast Corridor
Finding Josephine
Writer Dionne Ford's blog
Poetry in the Arts
Publisher of the poetry journal, Ardent! - and fine books of poetry by invitation.
FICTION
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YOU MAY SEE A STRANGER
The Gettysburg Review, Summer 2012.
Pushcart-nominee for 2014 edition.
NewPages says, "Whyman’s use of telling detail transforms the quotidian to the magnificent."
A young woman struggles with an unplanned pregnancy.
The Gettysburg Review, Summer 2012.
Pushcart-nominee for 2014 edition.
NewPages says, "Whyman’s use of telling detail transforms the quotidian to the magnificent."
A young woman struggles with an unplanned pregnancy.
DRIVER'S EDUCATION
Washington Writing Prize in Short Fiction
Writes of Passage: Coming-of-Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review, Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, 2008.
The Hudson Review, Summer 2005
Sexual and racial tensions in a classroom threaten to explode as a young teen faces choices that will haunt her in adulthood.
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN WAIF:
Amber's Awesome Journal of Unique Observations on the Occasion of Her European Travels"
Commissioned parody for Schaum, a German arts journal. Published in English, Spring 2011.
Two American teens go on their first European trip, meet fake rock stars, and get into trouble.
Amber's Awesome Journal of Unique Observations on the Occasion of Her European Travels"
Commissioned parody for Schaum, a German arts journal. Published in English, Spring 2011.
Two American teens go on their first European trip, meet fake rock stars, and get into trouble.
Detail from Schaum #2, cover
THE MIDDLE WAY
Virgin Fiction award anthology, Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow, 1998
A young girl in Thailand is sold into prostitution by her mother.
Virgin Fiction award anthology, Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow, 1998
A young girl in Thailand is sold into prostitution by her mother.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Bethesda Magazine, March/April 2009
A woman is haunted by events from the past that threaten to disturb her domestic life.
American Independent Writing Prize in Short Fiction, 2010
Bethesda Magazine, March/April 2009
A woman is haunted by events from the past that threaten to disturb her domestic life.
American Independent Writing Prize in Short Fiction, 2010
SAND PEOPLE
Gravity Dancers: Stories, anthology edited by Richard Peabody, Paycock Press, 2009
A man battles neighbors to build his dream house, while his son resists the pull of the family heritage.
Gravity Dancers: Stories, anthology edited by Richard Peabody, Paycock Press, 2009
A man battles neighbors to build his dream house, while his son resists the pull of the family heritage.
THE ROSE GARDEN
North Dakota Quarterly, Fiction Issue, Winter 2004
A psychologist confuses fantasy and reality as she travels alone for the first time after her divorce.
Now available at Redux, the online journal for work that deserves a second run.
North Dakota Quarterly, Fiction Issue, Winter 2004
A psychologist confuses fantasy and reality as she travels alone for the first time after her divorce.
Now available at Redux, the online journal for work that deserves a second run.
HUMOR
click titles for an excerpt...
click titles for an excerpt...
"CHECK, PLEASE: WHEN THE MENU IS A MINEFIELD"
Washington Post, Food, March 31, 2010
Dining out with dietary issues, and Twizzlers.