Tag Archives: poetry and culture

It has taken me two years to get around to writing this, but after coming home from the Women of the World poetry slam on Sunday, and being asked repeatedly what I meant by something I said … Continue reading→

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Why Queer is the New Straight White Male

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March 9, 2012 by author

Victor D. Infante

by Jade Sylvan

When I originally conceived of this post, I was going to call it “What’s Good About Straight White Men.” I was planning to write about how, as frustratingly homogenous as the “Western Canon” of literature is, the … Continue reading→

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Preoccupied: Radius, Volume Two

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January 17, 2012 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

I’ve been struggling with Occupy poems, lately. Oh, I’m sure there are excellent ones out there, but I’ve been finding most of the ones we get here … thin. Too much head, not enough … I … Continue reading→

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Facebook and the Development of the Personal Protagonist

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November 8, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Jade Sylvan

I have tons of Facebook friends I’ve never met in real life. These friends engage with my Facebook personality, which, as I’ve written it, is a pretty cryptic, absurd voice. They like its statuses. They comment on … Continue reading→

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