Tag Archives: Poetry and Popular Culture

Rapper 50 cent was passing through my hometown, Baton Rouge, on the way to New Orleans, to see his friend, Eminem, perform at the Voodoo Music Festival … 50 stopped … Continue reading→

Posted in Guest contributors| Tagged Erren Geraud Kelly, Meditations on Rap, Poetry and Popular Culture, political poems| Leave a reply|

Is Katniss Everdeen Gilgamesh Dreaming?: Unveiling The Connections Between Poetry and Heroic Fiction

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April 7, 2012 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

It seems, these days, we are awash in the heroic fantasy adventures of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries; the iconic heroes and monsters born in the turbulence of the dawn of the modern era … Continue reading→

Posted in Editors| Tagged heroes, Poetry and Popular Culture, Touching the classics, Victor D. Infante| 6 Replies|

The Impossible Conversation: In Praise of Heartbreak

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August 6, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

“There have been girls in this competition who can développé and pitch to the side and do 20 pirouettes and land perfectly … and I don’t care. You put your finger against a wall and you … Continue reading→

Posted in Editors| Tagged Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Critique of Contemporary Poetry, Jim Carroll, Poetry and Popular Culture, Tony Brown, Victor D. Infante| 3 Replies|

The First Patriarch of Rock & Roll: Bob Dylan and the Prophet Archetype

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July 12, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Jade Sylvan

(excerpted from the forthcoming book, More Popular Than Jesus: The Beatles and the Mythology of Rock by Jade Sylvan and Steve Wagner)

“I felt right at home in this mythical realm made up not with individuals so … Continue reading→

Posted in Regular contributors| Tagged Bob Dylan, Jade Sylvan, poetry and culture, Poetry and Popular Culture| 4 Replies|