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I wasn't as in love with this issue as I was with the Blue Issue. None of the poetry really sang to me. The only one I really liked was "Once There Was, Once There Wasn't", by Ayse Papatya Bucak, and I'm not sure if that wouldn't be classified as a fiction short-short (speaking of which, if one is writing that sort of thing, how would one address the envelope when submitting it? Do you send it to the poetry editor, the fiction editor, or just address it to "editor" and hope for the best?). I was surprised to find that Aimee Nezhukumatathil's poetry didn't really do anything for me. I *loved* her first book.
The prose in this issue was really interesting. Not saying I necessarily liked it, just that it was very interesting. Most of the stories were the kind of stories that completely enthralled me but that had a somehow unsatisfying ending--but even after the unsatisfying ending I still had to put the book down and ponder the story, then fall asleep on the train. This is probably why it took me so long to read this issue. I'm still glad I subscribe to this journal, I'm just hoping the Violet Issue this fall will excite me more.
The prose in this issue was really interesting. Not saying I necessarily liked it, just that it was very interesting. Most of the stories were the kind of stories that completely enthralled me but that had a somehow unsatisfying ending--but even after the unsatisfying ending I still had to put the book down and ponder the story, then fall asleep on the train. This is probably why it took me so long to read this issue. I'm still glad I subscribe to this journal, I'm just hoping the Violet Issue this fall will excite me more.
