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Feels Like Failure, Every Time: Gun violence, superheroes and saving the supervillain

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March 7, 2018 by author

By Victor D. Infante

There is a level where the very phrase “mass shooting” has become stripped of its shock value. A school in Florida or Connecticut, a movie theater in Colorado, a church in South Carolina, a country … Continue reading→

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‘Stronger Speaking Together’: Our 2017 Pushcart Prize Nominees …

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November 28, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

It’s difficult to recall a time when reading the news wasn’t painful. Indeed, if there was ever such a time, it might bear some responsibility for the state of the world today: How much has been dredged up into our … Continue reading→

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Donate To ‘Radius’

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November 18, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

When we started The November 3^rd Club – the journal which preceded Radius – we were asked quite seriously why we wanted to mix poetry and politics. For many, the latter would prove toxic to the former. We disagreed on … 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 … Continue reading→

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Punk Rock and Surrender: On Turning One’s Poems Over To Musicians To Do As They Will …

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August 4, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

I have – and I doubt this is any great revelation to anyone who knows me – control issues. I’m not particularly interested in controlling anyone else, but I very much like to be in control … Continue reading→

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