Featured: Week of Feb. 11 (Valentine’s Day)
This week of Valentine’s Day, our contributors examine love in multiple forms: Janice Westerling’s essay, “Superior Dairy,” captures the love within a family during a father-daughter outing. Peter Obourn’s short story, “Maureen and Sylvia,” perfectly depicts the first hints of young love, in a tale set in the 1950s. Natsumi Tsujimoto’s piece on Trophy Wife’s album, “Sing What Scares You,” is part review, part love letter. In the short story by James Curtiss, “She Walked in Beauty (Or at Least I’m...
Read MoreFeatured: Week of February 4 (Snow)
In the Northern Hemisphere, it is the midst of winter. For some locations, this may mean tons of snow, while in others, there may be only a dusting. This week, Wild Violet’s contributors use snow imagery in conveying their message. In Robert Lavett Smith’s poem, “Daffodils,” regrets become as oddly out of place as daffodils in snow. In Darren C. Demaree’s poem, “A Bare Fist of Snow,” a few words encapsulate a cold but snowless winter. In Raghbir Dhillon’s essay, “My First Snow,” he recalls how a first experience...
Read MoreA Note About the Archives
From the founding of Wild Violet in October 2001 until the beginning of the weekly format in 2012, issues came out on a quarterly, and later, a semiannual basis. Links to all of the issues published with the old numbering format (Vol. I through X) can be found in the “Issue Archives” category, under the “Content” tab. All of the more recent, weekly issues are designated as “Featured: Week of [Date]” and also appear under the “Issue Archives” category. You can also use our Google custom search to look for individual pieces.
Read MoreFeatured: Week of Jan. 28 (Families)
This week, our contributors take a look at families, of all sorts. Christina Ginfrida’s short story, “Opere Roma,” tells a story of an orphaned boy who gets placed with a very unusual foster family. Alizabeth Rasmussen’s essay, “The Art of Goodbye,” depicts a divorced mom coping with shared custody. Sam Grieve’s short story, “The Heartbreak of Long Division,” follows two sisters as they deal with grief over two continents. Raud Kennedy’s short story, “Strays,” is a tale of two lost souls who find each...
Read MoreFeatured: Week of Jan. 21 (The Movies)
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...
Read MoreFeatured: Week of Jan. 14 (Inspiration, Pt. 2)
In celebration of the new year, which brings new perspectives, goals, and plans, we are taking the second of a two-part look at artistic inspiration. This week’s poems all draw from well-known musicians and writers. Arthur Winfield Knight’s poem, “Lu Watters: Blues Over Bodega” recalls a friendship with a jazz musician, with whom he shared common influences. Carol Hamilton’s “Another History of the Bean” draws inspiration from Thoreau, nature and coffee. Sean Lause’s “Whitman at the Game” imagines how the famous poet, Walt...
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