Author Spotlight

Rex Wilder is an award-winning poet and photographer. He is the author of four previously published books of poetry. His latest book, A Quiet Place to Land is now available from Chatwin.

Wilder’s poetry has appeared in leading magazines such as Poetry, The New Republic, National Review, and the Yale, Harvard, Antioch, Georgia, and Poetry Ireland reviews. His poems have been featured over the decades in London’s Times Literary Supplement.

Inspired by early 20th century Pictorialists, Rex practices digital overpainting and written reflection to interpret his photography. This approach allows him to reimagine a moment—highlighting the soul and beauty of the image and fixing the glimmer of a moment in memory. A Quiet Place to Land is a collection of reimagined photographs paired with his lyrical, earnest reflections.

Ken Duckworth MD, Chief Medical Officer of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) had this to say of A Quiet Place to Land:

"Rex Wilder has given us a remarkable and creative gift of images and poetry in A Quiet Place to Land. Not all of us have photographic talent like Rex, but this book reminds us that when we slow down, there is beauty to be taken in all around us. This is the first Mental Wellness coffee table book I have owned, and I will treasure it for many years to come."