Monthly Archives: February 2014

Three Poems by Hieu Minh Nguyen

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February 27, 2014 by author

Arranged
By Hieu Minh Nguyen

my grandmother tells me you are very pretty
your smile not of a girl but of a package
teeth straight and perfectly arranged
like each petal in a bride’s bouquet

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Four Poems by Megan Falley

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February 23, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

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By Megan Falley

In the summer, girls paid her
in cigarettes and hickeys
to shave their heads
on her front porch.

I sat behind her in poetry class
and when she wrote the naked … Continue reading→

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Where Something Beautiful Should Be: Radius, Volume Four

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February 21, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

Just the other day, in a bar in New York City, I sat across from an academic poet and we talked about the common threads between slam and flarf – two sometimes redheaded stepchildren of contemporary … Continue reading→

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Donate To Radius

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February 21, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

You might have noticed the new “donate” button in the upper right-hand corner of the website.

When we founded Radius‘ predecessor, The November 3^rd Club, we were working from the idea that certain pieces of literature should be … Continue reading→

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I’ve Got a Freaking Song In My Heart, So Come On, Let’s Go: Some Reflections on Maggie Estep

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February 12, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

When Maggie Estep passed away on February 11, 2014, the news was slow to spread. Maggie, a one-time East Village icon in New York City, had move upstate years ago, where she wrote her eclectic novels … Continue reading→

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