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By: Terry Callahan
For Talbot County resident Wilson
Wyatt, the publication of his newly-released
book, Yosemite Catching the Light,
is another milestone in a long career in
communications, a career that began when,
as a high-school senior, he was published
in a literary anthology edited by an editor
from Yale University. At the University of
the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, he studied
under Andrew Lytle, one of the “fugitive
writers” of the time, a group that also
included Robert Penn Warren and William
Faulkner. After college, he became a reporter
for the Louisville (KY) Courier-
Journal.“ I was fortunate to become a
reporter for The Courier-Journal,” says
Wilson. “It was one of the top newspapers
in the country at that time. A wonderful experience.”
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His experience in communications became
extensive over the years as it included
working in public relations and advertising,
holding political office (he was elected to
the Kentucky state legislature as the state
representative for the City of Louisville at
the age of 25) and serving as head of U.S.
communications for a large international
conglomerate, BATUS. Afterwards, he held
senior vice-presidencies first at PNC Bank,
Pittsburgh, later at the Travelers Insurance
Companies in Hartford, Connecticut.
But as time progressed, he looked forward
to getting away to the Eastern Shore
where he owned a house. “The Eastern
Shore just became a wonderful place to unwind
and relax. After a number of years,
my wife (Katie) and I made our home on
the Shore. In retiring, I wanted to do what
I really enjoyed, which is writing.” Wilson
joined the Eastern Shore Writers Association,
eventually becoming its president with
the purpose of helping to build a closer
writing community across the Delmarva
Peninsula. “It's a natural home for writers.”
He engaged several other Shore writers and
started The Delmarva Review, a literary review
for short story writers, poets and essayists.
This year, six of the Review’s
selections were nominated for the prestigious
Pushcart Prize, a national literary
award.
Along with print communications,
Wilson’s other interest is photography. Pictures
he took as a reporter included those
depicting the mini-submarine recovery of
the H-bomb in Spain, and the wildlife recovery
from flooding in Florida's Everglades.
“I camped there a week with the
environmentalists and park rangers. We
would catch suffering deer with airboats,
and airlift them to higher ground. It was a
great experience.”
Wilson’s son became interested in
photography at age 10 and now is a professional
photographer in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“I taught him the darkroom and he taught
me digital [photography],” says Wilson
with a laugh. This mutual interest led to
Wilson’s book on Yosemite National Park.
He went originally to study light and learn
how to use it under changing weather conditions.
With his son leading a group of
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