As the movie award season begins, Wild Violet’s contributors goes to the movies:
A poem by Lyn Lifshin, “Now Let’s Say,” pays tribute to the classic dance movie, “The Red Shoes”
A poem by Michael Grosso, “How to Watch a Bad Movie,” provides a different way to look at late-night films.
In the humorous essay by Peter Dabbene, “Life in the Movies,” he takes a look at movie tropes.
In the short story by Victoria Large, “Analog,” a video store clerk who dreams of being a filmmaker reassesses his life when the store closes.
About Alyce Wilson
Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.
