Vic Cavalli, MA

Assistant Professor of English

Professor Vic Cavalli brings to the English Department expertise in both early-modern religious literature and in creative writing. His research on Robert Southwell has been published in Recusant History, Faith & Reason, and Ushaw Magazine. His fiction, poetry, photography, and visual art have been published in literary journals in Canada, the United States, England, and Australia.

  • MA (University of British Columbia)
  • BA (St. Thomas University)

Expertise

Early modern religious literature, Creative writing

Awards & Honours

Deans' Innovative Teaching Award (2007)

Recent Publications

CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS: NOVEL

  • The Road to Vermilion Lake. Harvard Square Editions. (2017)
CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS: SHORT FICTION
  • "Chiara Steelhead."  CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. (2025)
  • "They Never Forgot Him." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 9(2). Anchorage, AK. (2018)
  • "The Microphone." [spaces] Literary Journal, 12. Langley, BC. (2017-2018)
  • "The Silencers." Forge Journal, Issue 10.3. (2017) 
  • "Until Death." etre. (2016) 
  • "The Suitor." The Binnacle. University of Maine at Machias, ME. (2016)
  • "Steelheaders Anonymous" CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 7(2). Anchorage, AK. (2016)
  • "On High Octane Life Support." Cardinal Sins, 35(2). Saginaw, MI. (2016)
  • "Carol's Beautiful Back." Funny in Five Hundred. Washington, DC. (2016)
  • "The Grace." This Great Society, No. 30. Vancouver, BC. (2012)
  • "Cop." This Great Society, No. 26: Hearsay. Vancouver, BC. (2012)
  • "The Sleeve." Mars' Hill, 16(5). Langley, BC. (2011)
  • "The Truck Repair." Third Wednesday. Gravity Press, Ypsilanti, MI. (2011)
  • "The Piercing." Stanley the Whale, Issue 3. Culver City, CA. (2011)
  • "The Tree Stand." Stanley the Whale, Issue 2. Culver City, CA. (2011)
  • "The Foxey Lady File." [spaces], 5. Langley, BC. (2011)
  • "The Tow Truck." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 1(2). Anchorage, AK. (2010)
  • "Dried Corn." The Gentle Strength Quarterly. Encino, CA. (2008)
  • "A Story Before Falling Asleep" and "On Stage with Living Sacrifice." The Arabesques Review, Dreams Edition. (2007)
  • "The $200.00 Cap." filling Station, Issue 39. Calgary, AB. (2007)
  • "The Thirty Second Lecture." The New Quarterly, Issue 98. Waterloo, ON. (2006)
CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS: POETRY
  • "Chevy Survival." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. (2022)
  • "The Gravel Road" and "Building a Renaissance Gate." Toronto Poetry Magazine: Wax Poetry and Art. (2019)
  • "Ash." Third Wednesday. Gravity Press, Ypsilanti, MI. (2016)
  • "Taking Root." Bellow Literary Journal, Issue 1. New Orleans, LA. (2011)
  • "Time." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 1(3). (2010)
  • "The Night." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 1(1). (2009)
  • "Living." Dappled Things. New Hope, KY. (2008)
  • "Deep Purple Live." The Louden Singletree. (2008)
  • "Remembered Fire." A Golden Morning. Poetry Institute of Canada, Victoria, BC. (2005)
  • "In an Old Folks' Home with Jeff Beck." The Wascana Review. Regina, SK. (2004)
  • "In an Old Folks' Home with Jeff Beck" and "On Holy Thursday." Apocalypse Eleven. Chicago, IL. (2004)
  • "Moose Crash." The Prairie Journal, No. 41. Calgary, AB. (2003)
  • "Fishing Song" and "At the Slaughterhouse." The Wascana Review. Regina, SK. (1999)
  • "Chipping Weld." Stand Magazine. Leeds, UK. (1995)
  • "Salmon Catching." Scaling the Face of Reason. The Canadian Chamber of Contemporary Poetry, St. Catharines, ON. (1994)
  • "Chipping Weld" and "A Repair." The Wascana Review. Regina, SK. (1994)
  • "Chipping Weld," "The Fence," and "A Repair." American Goat, No. 6. Chicago, IL. (1994)
    "The Fence" and "A Repair." Critical Mass, 4(1). Halifax, NS. (1994)
  • "Warrior Sonnet" and "What the Manager Said." YAWP, No. 2. Spokane, WA. (1994)
  • "Chipping Weld." Nebo: A Literary Journal, 12(1-2). (1993-1994)
  • "Tom." YAWP, No. 1. Spokane, WA. (1993)

  • "The Cattle" and "The Moose." sub-TERRAIN, No. 8. Vancouver, BC. (1992)

  • "When I First Read Wright." Nexus, No. 2. Burnaby, BC. (1992)

  • "West of Tatla Lake, 1968" and "As a Poet I Brush My Teeth." Whetstone, No. 1. Vancouver, BC. (1992)

  • "Sonnet (8/2/90)." The Eclectic Muse, No. 3. Vancouver, BC. (1991)

  • "Their Share of Flame." Critical Mass, No. 1. Halifax, NS. (1991)

  • "Know Not the Mind...," "Point of View...," "Within My...," and "You Will Never Read These Words, for They Sleep." The Eclectic Muse, No. 2. Vancouver, BC. (1990)

  • "For You My Canadian Friend." Revelations. Fredericton, NB. (1982)

VISUAL ART PUBLICATIONS 

  • "Original 191" (watercolor). CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 15(1). Anchorage, AK. (2025)
  • "Original 293." Third Wednesday Magazine, 17(4). (2024)
  • "Original 176." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 12(2). Anchorage, AK. (2022)
  • "Original 241." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 11(2). Anchorage, AK. (2021)
  • "Originals 228, 237, and 243." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Anchorage, AK. (2020)
  • "Original 230." Existere Journal. York University, Toronto, ON. (2016)
  • "Original 119" (cover art). Birch Gang Review, 1(4). (2016)
  • "Originals 205 and 215." être. (2016)
  • "Original 120." Third Wednesday, 9(1). Ypsilanti, MI. (2015)
  • "Original 245." Raven Chronicles, 21. Seattle, WA. (2015)
  • "Firewood 10" (photograph). Third Wednesday, 8(4). Ypsilanti, MI. (2015)
  • "River Ice 2" (photograph). CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 6(2), 92. Anchorage, AK. (2015)
  • "Original 147." Third Wednesday, 8(3). Ypsilanti, MI. (2015)
  • "Originals 112 and 200." The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal. Australia/Greece. (2014)
  • "Original 255." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 5(2). Anchorage, AK. (2014)
  • "Originals 97, 229, and 230." Map Literary: A Journal of Contemporary Writing and Art. William Paterson University of New Jersey. (2014)
  • "Originals 106, 112, and 200." Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Issue 10. Australia/Greece. (2014)
  • "Original 213." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 4(2). Anchorage, AK. (2013)
  • "Original 126." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 4(1). Anchorage, AK. (2012)
  • "Originals 112" (cover art), "119," "120," and "View #3" (photograph). Pennsylvania Literary Journal, 4(3). (2012)
  • "Originals 92 and 177." CIRQUE: A Literary Journal for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, 3(2). Anchorage, AK. (2012)
  • "Original 94." Reed Magazine, 65. San Jose, CA. (2012)
  • "Original 200" (cover art). Scissors and Spackle Journal, 1(6). Los Angeles, CA. (2012)
  • "Original 95." Bellow Literary Journal, Issue 1. New Orleans, LA. (2011)
  • "B&W Photograph of Male Athlete." Falling Star Magazine. Los Angeles, CA. (2012)
  • "Original 133." In Malfeasant Dogs. Bank-Heavy Press, Long Beach, CA. (2012)
  • "Original 158" (cover art). Bellow Literary Journal, Issue 1. New Orleans, LA. (2011)
  • "Original 159" (cover art). Petrichor Machine, Issue 2. Stratham, NH. (2012)
  • "Original 103." Weave Magazine, Issue 7. Pittsburgh, PA. (2011)
  • "Original 75." Stoneboat. Wisconsin. (2011)
  • "17 Modified A" and "61 Modified A." Raven Chronicles, 15(1). (2010)
  • "Original 141," "Original 103B," and "139 Modified: Grayscale." The G.W. Review. George Washington University, Washington, DC. (2010)
  • "Original 104" (cover art). Bards and Sages Quarterly, 2(3). (2010)
  • "Original 102" (cover art). Forge Journal, 3(4). (2010)
  • "Original 124," "135 Modified A," and "Original 143." Third Wednesday. Ypsilanti, MI. (2010)
  • "Original 91" (cover art). The Arctic Review, Issue 7. (2010)
  • "Originals 37, 60, and 63." Third Wednesday. Ypsilanti, MI. (2009)
  • "Original 22." Sojourn, Issue 22. University of Texas. (2009)
  • "Original 77." Lo-Fidelity. (2009)
  • "Original 95." Sotto Voce Magazine, Issue 3. (2009)
  • "Originals 22 and 15." filling Station, Issue 44. Calgary, AB. (2009)
  • "13 Modified C," "Original 64," "Original 66," "Original 76," "77 Modified B," "Original 83," "Original 84," and "Original 89." Third Wednesday, 1(5). Ypsilanti, MI. (2008)
  • "73 Modified," "Original 75," "Original 78," and "Original 81." The Taj Mahal Review, 7(2). India. (2008)
  • "Original 79." Reed Magazine. San Jose, CA. (2008)
  • "Originals 83 and 92." Audience, 3(2). New York, NY. (2008)
  • "Original 52." NOO Journal. California. (2008)
  • "Original 75." Sotto Voce Magazine, Issue 2. (2008)
  • "Originals 1, 17, and 35." Etchings Journal, No. 6. Australia. (2008)
  • "Originals 79 and 81." Third Wednesday, 1(4). Ypsilanti, MI. (2008)
  • "73 Modified," "Original 77," and "Original 78." Raven Chronicles, 14(1). Seattle, WA. (2008)
  • "Originals 77 and 78." Forge. Lincoln, NE. (2008)
  • "Original 81." Trespass Magazine. London, UK. (2008)
  • "Original 74." The Gentle Strength Quarterly. Encino, CA. (2008)

SCHOLARLY RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 

  • "St. Robert Southwell's Educational Context: The Influence of Bellarmine, Suarez, and Estella." Faith & Reason, 29(1), 1–18. (2004)

  • "Diego de Estella and St. Robert Southwell, S. J." Ushaw Magazine, 42–51. Durham, England. (1993–1994)

  • "St. Robert Southwell, S. J.: A Selective Bibliographical Supplement to the Studies of Pierre Janelle and James H. McDonald." Recusant History: A Journal of Research in Post-Reformation Catholic History in the British Isles, 21(3), 297–304. (1993)

  • ENGL 103 Introduction to Fiction
  • ENGL 104 Introduction to Poetry and Drama
  • ENGL 105 Intro Academic Writing & Catholic Literature
  • ENGL 106 Poetry & Drama in Catholic Context
  • ENGL 207 Introduction to Creative Writing
  • ENGL 208 Introduction to Creative Writing
  • ENGL 307 The Writing of the Literary Novel