Crown of Violets Needlework or a strong desire to

or a strong desire to express yourself through the visual arts

a beautiful queer found family

so does the devil's jealous grasp

but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy

Crown of Violets Needlework or a strong desire to* Finalist for the Headmistress Press Charlotte Mew Prize Rene Vivien (ne Pauline Mary Tarn, 1877 1909) was an English expatriate who made her home in Paris during the Belle poque. In 1903, Vivien's collection of translations and adaptations from the Ancient Greek poetry of Sappho became one of the first works of modern European lesbian literature to be published by a lesbian writer under her real name. This courageous act was the death sentence of