Vivian Wagner
Books
THE VILLAGE
The Village (Kelsay Books, 2017) is a collection of poems about everyday life in the village of New Concord, Ohio. The collection explores the village's history and culture, with poems about John Glenn, William Rainey Harper, the S Bridge, the National Road, and other topics of regional interest. Cover art is by local artist Carrie Turner.
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MAKING
Making (Origami Poems Project, 2018) is a printable, foldable micro-chapbook of poems about the creative process.
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RAISING
Raising (Clare Songbirds Publishing, 2018) is a full-length poetry collection about parenting and being parented.
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FIDDLE
Part memoir, part travel narrative, and part music history, Fiddle: One Woman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music (Citadel/Kensington, 2010) chronicles my journeys through fiddle subcultures around the country, from Ohio to Tennessee to Texas to Louisiana, and my sometimes stumbling attempts to become a fiddler. It's a book about Scottish, Irish, old-time, klezmer, Cajun, and bluegrass fiddling, and it's also about divorce, improvisation, evolution, and change.
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CURIOSITIES
Curiosities (Unsolicited Press, 2018) is a collection of poems about mythical creatures in and around Ohio.
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SPELLS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Spells of the Apocalypse (Thirty West Publishing, 2020) is a chapbook-length collection of poetry about endings, beginnings, and survival.
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