Category Archives: Editors

Sorry-not-sorry: on plagiarism

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December 24, 2018 by author

By Sam Cha

Anybody following the Lisa Low thing?

The Lisa Low thing’s a lot like the Ailey O’Toole thing; Ailey O’Toole being the (young, white) woman who published a bunch of poems that plagiarize—line for line, … Continue reading→

Posted in Editors| Tagged Ailey O'Toole, Claudia Cortese, Harry Frankfurt, Jackson Berry, Jorge Luis Borges, Kenneth Goldsmith, Lisa Low, Marcel Duchamp, Marjorie Perloff, Michael Brown, Michael Derrick Hudson, plagiarism, Rachel McKibbens, Response to Literature, Sam Cha, Sherman Alexie, Vanessa Place, Yi-Fen Chou| Leave a reply|

‘Fold, Stagnate or Change’: Presenting our 2018 Pushcart Prize Nominees

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December 1, 2018 by author

Victor D. Infante

Moments of recognition are difficult. Say you’re an artist, or maybe an activist. Maybe you’re a journalist, or even a politician. Whatever you do, there is always a moment where you look out that the world and realize that everything … Continue reading→

Posted in Editors| Tagged Andrew Rihn, Colin Pope, Don Quixote, Dylan Thomas, Editorial, Hajjar Baban, Janet Barry, Nahal Jamir, Tony Brown, Victor D. Infante| Leave a reply|

Veterans Day and the Pacifist’s Dilemma – Radius, Volume Nine

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November 11, 2018 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante Veteran’s Day is odd for a pacifist. In some ways, it feels almost hypocritical when you spend the rest of the year in moral opposition to violence in general and warfare in particular, especially when you … Continue reading→

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In the Theater of Truth and Consequences: Speech, Responsibility and the Omnipresence of Cynicism

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June 4, 2018 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante There are any number of places to begin, but let’s start with the image of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, smiling as he informs the world that illegal immigrants would be separated from their children. “If you … Continue reading→

Posted in Editors| Tagged Colin Kaepernick, Poetry and Popular Culture, Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee, Victor D. Infante| 1 Reply|

‘People Who Don’t Know You’re Dead’: Thoughts on Reading Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s ‘How To Love The Empty Air’

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June 1, 2018 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante There are two ways to read Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s poetic memoir, “How To Love the Empty Air,” released earlier this year on Write Bloody Publishing, and the path you take toward approaching the book depends largely … Continue reading→

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