Email Author Wynter Holden

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Chow Bella

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 26, 2006

  "Urban Evolution"

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2008 Stories by Wynter Holden

• Statues of Liberty

  published December 25, 2008

  Who doesn’t love a good portrait? The Two Fridas. Warhol’s Marilyn series. Jennifer Aniston’s nude GQ... More >>

• Text Messaging

  published December 18, 2008

  In this age of illegal wiretapping and 9/11 conspiracy theories, it’s a wonder that Beth Ames Swartz admits she hides subliminal messages... More >>

• Family Guys

  published December 18, 2008

  Brothers are supposed to armwrestle, throw punches, and fight over chicks. Right? Not so for “Molten Brothers” Kenneth Richardson and... More >>

• Family Guys

  published December 18, 2008

  Brothers are supposed to armwrestle, throw punches, and fight over chicks. Right? Not so for “Molten Brothers” Kenneth Richardson and... More >>

• The Sweet Smell of Excess

  published December 18, 2008

  The Joneses covered their house in glittering white icicles. You bought a blow-up snowman. They countered with a herd of lighted reindeer... More >>

• Suburban Renewal

  published December 11, 2008

  The holiday season is here, and with it comes the one thing we dread most. No, not packed shopping malls, annoyingly chipper holiday songs, or... More >>

• Queen of the Hill

  published December 11, 2008

  Ever notice how all of the holiday classics are dominated by males? Scrooge. Charlie Brown. George Bailey. The Grinch. So we were thrilled when we... More >>

• Bounty Hunter: The (Shopping) Holy Grail at First Friday

  published Dec 05, 2008

  If you're looking for something different (read: not mass merchandised, made-in-China crap) for your sweetie, or Aunt Ida, or your boss, this is the last First Friday before Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwa... More >>

• From BFE to PHX

  published December 4, 2008

  Whiny feminists swayed at Lilith Fair, angsty teens flocked to Lollapalooza, and metalheads banged their brains out at Ozzfest. The latest in a... More >>

• Under the Skin

  published December 4, 2008

  What separates nude art from porn? The observer? The intent? Or, in the words of Family Guy’s Peter Griffin, “a government... More >>

• Under the Skin

  published December 4, 2008

  What separates nude art from porn? The observer? The intent? Or, in the words of Family Guy’s Peter Griffin, “a government... More >>

• Bust Her Rhyme

  published November 27, 2008

  Poetry sucks. Poetry was written by dead white dudes. Listening to poetry is like being forced to watch Lost in Translation ad nauseam.... More >>

• Foam Remedy

  published November 20, 2008

  One will help you through a blind date. Five will make you forget the crappy economy. Drink 10 and that bucktoothed brunette at the bar starts... More >>

• The Bipolar Express

  published November 13, 2008

  There are two types of people: the kind who alphabetize their CDs and the kind who lose their CDs under the pile of Burger King wrappers and... More >>

• Good vs. Medieval

  published November 13, 2008

  There are so many things we still don’t understand: cancer, death, the popularity of Dancing With the Stars. When... More >>

• Click the Bucket

  published November 13, 2008

  What’s on your “bucket” list of stuff to accomplish before you croak? Write a novel? Scuba on the Great Barrier Reef?... More >>

• Geek Mythology

  published October 30, 2008

  New parents who say they’d love their kid to grow up to be the next Picasso obviously weren’t paying attention during their high... More >>

• In the Heat of Fashion

  published October 30, 2008

  To you, “label whore” is a term of endearment. Your purse dogs are named Gucci, Versace, and Vuitton. We needed Sex and the City... More >>

• Smash Mouth

  published October 23, 2008

  Remember when you thought you could change the world? When former tennis superstar Billie Jean King was 5 years old, she told her mom,... More >>

• Barack the Vote

  published October 23, 2008

  If the presidential race were like high school – where the cool kid always wins – Barack Obama would be a shoo-in. McCain and Palin... More >>

• Weird Science

  published October 16, 2008

  Except for Leonardo da Vinci -- who was clearly a mutant – artists aren’t known for their brains. Van Gogh had that little ear... More >>

• Pumpkin Heads Will Roll

  published October 16, 2008

  To all of you transplants who say Phoenix is culturally and socially bankrupt, we say shut your trap and open your eyes. Indie businesses have... More >>

• Positively Enough

  published October 9, 2008

  Know anyone who’s a pathological optimist, the kind who always sees the glass half full? Maybe you envy them. Or maybe, like us, you... More >>

• City Slacker

  published October 2, 2008

  Ever been to one of those upscale art exhibits where you look at a Pollock-style splatter painting and think to yourself, “I coulda done... More >>

• Beyond the Valley of the Malls

  published October 2, 2008

  Pop quiz: Which iconic image best represents Phoenix -- Camelback Mountain or a strip mall? If you said No. 2, you’re a... More >>