Bookworm, no. 148
Grace Henkel reviews Theresa Kishkan’s “The Art of Looking Back.” Rob Benvie on Jeff Miller’s “Temporary Palaces.” Inside the May issue.
The Art of Looking Back
Theresa Kishkan
Thornapple Press
216 pages, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook
In 1978, the twenty-three-year-old poet Theresa Kishkan opened a letter from Jack Wilkinson, a respected artist. It contained a nude portrait of her and an admission that he wanted to draw her: “As you might deduce, I am enchanted.” She responded, even though…




