Wilder Voice

Our Spring 2021 issue is out now! New nonfiction, art, and poetry inside

Spring 2021 Spring 2021 Volume 16, Issue 31 Click on the cover to view the issue as it appeared in print, or scroll down to view the issue in web format. Table of Contents Editors’ LetterIn which Sam and Nell …

We are now accepting submissions of visual art, poetry, and fiction for our Spring 2021 issue! More info at the link below

Submissions SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR SPRING 2021: Nonfiction pitches: Monday, February 22Priority deadline for fiction, poetry, visual art, etc.: Monday, April 12Final deadline for fiction, poetry, visual art,…

“We see ourselves by reflecting off of whatever is around us: the people, the environment, the vibe. And when those things change, so do we, even if it’s just a little.”

Read “Reflections,” an essay by Jamie Weil. The full digital edition of our Fall 2020 issue is now live!

Reflections by Jamie Weil Confronting identity and illness in the midst of a chaotic year.

“I got a telephone call that told me I was eligible to save my brother’s life. Naturally, I obliged and began to believe in the holiness of blood and science and their ability to save a life.”

AIDEN by Aniella Day For you, as everything is now.

“The candle wax is to be poured and manipulated while eating, and please, consider saving the bones from your meat for some artistic repurposing.”

Mary Brody interviews her visual artist roommates, and writes about living in their art-filled house:

Visual Processes: Olivia Berke, Stella Mulroney, and Zoe Iatridis interviewed by Mary Brody Four housemates reflect on their art-filled home.

Our nonfiction pitch deadline for the spring semester has been EXTENDED to next Monday! If you have a story you'd like to tell, now is the time to do it!

Submissions SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR SPRING 2021: Nonfiction pitches: Monday, February 22Priority deadline for fiction, poetry, visual art, etc.: Monday, April 12Final deadline for fiction, poetry, visual art,…

“in concern i reached across the table / to hold your shaking hand in mine, and, / as i did, a light—from your screen / or from the ceiling—caught my eye, / and then caught yours, / and i fell in.”

… according to john by Jamie Weil A poem from the Fall 2020 issue.

“I learned the regulars by name, and it felt natural to wonder about the people in line, the couples silent beside one another.”

Ally Chase returns to a summer job in “Reworking,” from the Fall 2020 issue.

Reworking by Ally Chase When everything changes, a hometown job becomes a source of comfort.

“I tried to steer it towards something a little more, I don’t know, a little more Paris Review than Harper’s.”

Read our interview with Walter Gordon ’14, a former Wilder Voice Editor-in-Chief.

In Conversation With Walter Gordon ’14 by The Editors A former Editor-in-Chief chats about favorite mistakes, the editing process, and Lena Dunham’s Girls.

“As the weeks go on, it becomes clearer that we won’t be going to the beach. This means campus shuts down and empties out in a matter of hours. This means the snow keeps falling. This means the flowers keep blooming and then curling back into themselves when the flakes cover the petals.”

Read “The Only Symptom,” an essay by Corrie Purcell from the current issue.

The Only Symptom by Corrie Purcell | Fall 2020 Notes on friendship and malaise during a unique spring and summer in Oberlin.

The digital edition of our Fall 2020 issue begins publication today! Read the Editors’ Letter, view art from the issue, and read Fiona Warnick’s essay, “Me, The Mall, And I.” And check back weekly for new content from the print magazine!

Me, The Mall, And I by Fiona Warnick The joys and shame of loving the mall.

Our Fall 2020 issue is out now!! Check it out

Wilder Voice: Fall 2020 Volume 16, Issue 30