Tag Archives: Poetry and Popular Culture

Not Dead Yet: A Reply To The New Yorker’s essay, ‘Does Journalism Have a Future?’

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January 28, 2019 by author

By Victor D. Infante

It’s an odd day when you wake up to discover that the newspaper for which you work is being held up nationally as an exemplar of the rise and fall of local journalism, but there I … 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→

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‘Everybody’s Had to Fight to be Free’: Tom Petty, Symbolism, Empathy and America

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October 30, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some Tell me why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon Honey, it don’t make … Continue reading→

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Three Poems by Scott Woods

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August 1, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

To The Mother Of My Enemy By Scott Woods Here how he died: looking up at stars. every constellation winking out until only eternity left to mourn. No angel came down for him. His mouth did not part with a … Continue reading→

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On Falling: Action Heroes, Metaphor and Gravity (Part Two)

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June 17, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Sam Cha

THE STORY SO FAR

II. Some Evidence OK, but so: evidence. You want me to give you evidence. Well, first consider The Avengers. What happens in … Continue reading→

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