CULTURAL WYO – IN PRINT: The colorful Wyoming Cultural Guide features “highlights of Wyoming culture and heritage.” The cover artwork, “Trail to the Rockies,” comes courtesy of Jeanie Schlump of Laramie. Visual treats abound in the brochure – check out the gallery of WAC visual arts fellowship winners on pages 4-5. WAC co-sponsors the guide with the Film, Arts, and Entertainment Program at the Wyoming Travel and Tourism Office. Some 100,000 copies of the brochure are printed each year, and distributed to venues throughout the state. I found my copy at Margo’s Pottery in downtown Buffalo. Writers aren’t forgotten. A poem by Barbara Smith of Rock Springs, “Rock Springs, from the Inside,” is reprinted on page 27. It explores, literally and figuratively, the town’s underground history of “secret mines” dug by immigrant freelancers, “one man’s dream/apart from the company/paying in scrip.” You might have read it first in Deep West: A Literary Tour of Wyoming. Page 33 has a suggested reading list of new WYO books. Words and visuals come together on the inside front cover with a display ad for the Equality State Book Festival. Poster art by Zak Pullen of Casper, design by AdBay.
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