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The Price of Adulthood: Symbolism, Childhood Superheroes and the Confederate Flag

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July 4, 2015 by author

By Victor D. Infante

When I was a kid, I used to draw my own superheroes. Most of them were riffs on existing comic book or movie characters, of course, with the backstory and the iconography mixed and matched with … Continue reading→

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The Messiness of What We Are: Pop Culture, Media and Identity

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June 21, 2015 by author

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By Victor D. Infante

We start with an image that’s almost surreal: Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair. For some, it’s mere pop culture iconography, but if … Continue reading→

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A Spark in the Snow: Radius, Volume Five

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March 3, 2015 by author

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By Victor D. Infante

There’s a rhythm to winter in New England, the way it transforms a day into a week, a week into a month. The way you begin to assume nothing will happen as planned, the way you’re … Continue reading→

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‘I Have A Right to be Angry’: The Power and Pain of #BlackPoetsSpeakOut

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December 6, 2014 by author

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Essay by Victor D. Infante, Poems by Alan King, Christina Springer, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Casey Rocheteau, Sonya Renee Taylor and Danez Smith

It is agonizing to witness a community wailing in despair, to hear the pain echo across the sky. But … Continue reading→

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Please Donate to Radius

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November 30, 2014 by author

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With 2014 coming to a close and all of our nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Best Indie Lit New England out the door and in the hands of those who judge such things, … Continue reading→

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