Reading WWII images

I love this image of a woman clutching letters from her lost love serving overseas.

It's from: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/its_a_womans_war_too/images_html/longing.html

I think it's pretty genius as far as the use of shading, color (red everywhere - love, danger) and subtle symbols - the star banner standing in for the soldier serving overseas, the ring on her finger symbolizing marriage. Her gaze is interesting too - what's she looking at? The future, a time when he is back?

Gettin' Literary

I'm pretty psyched to get up-to-speed on the world of lit mags and am thrilled that we are joining the ranks. I'm still mulling over our call for submissions but plan to post on that tonight or tomorrow. Just wanted to get a first post up and running.