Open Mic Added to Anniversary Reading
As an added incentive to those of you who might be on the fence about attending the Wild Violet 10th Anniversary Reading, we’re going to add an open mic portion to the end of the event. So if you’re a writer but not a Wild Violet contributor, please consider bringing some of your work! You can find more information in the original post on the event. If you are planning to read — either as a Wild Violet contributor or in the open mic — please drop me a message to let me know: wildvioletmagazine@yahoo.com....
Read More10th Anniversary Reading
In celebration of Wild Violet’s 10th anniversary, we are holding a special reading and celebration. The event will take place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 1, at Milkboy Coffee, 2 East Lancaster Ave. (U.S. Highway 30), Ardmore, Pennsylvania. There will be a $5 cover charge. For those who need to take public transporation, you should plan your trip to arrive at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Then you can catch the regional rail line, the Paoli-Thorndale Line (The schedule can be found at SEPTA.org). Head in the...
Read MoreAbout This Issue
When Wild Violet published the first issue, 10 years ago, the country was in great need of healing following the September 11 attacks on the U.S. My co-founder, Amanda Cornwell, and I had been working on the issue for several months, and we had already agreed on our goals to create a positive place for the arts. We wanted to create a space where independent artists and writers could flourish, and make their work accessible to a greater audience than those who read small literary magazines. In the decade since, Wild Violet has published poetry, fiction, humor, short pieces, essays, artwork and...
Read MoreReview: “In Vitro” by Leland Jamieson
As in his earlier book, Twentieth Century Bread, in In Vitro: New Short Rhyming Poems Post-9/11, poet Leland Jamieson paints a vivid landscape using rhyme and diction. A formal poet by nature, his best efforts are tightly-crafted examples of form meeting function. With his verse, he explores childhood memories, extols the beauty of nature, and contemplates the history of human life on earth. Jamieson’s poems about his youth are often sprawling but packed with detail, such as in the sestina “Sunshine,” where he begins with a compelling image: My cousin Jack and I, arms out...
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