Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

‘So, uhm, how do you write a poem?’: The First Part of Our ‘Gauntlet’ Advice On Writing Series

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January 15, 2018 by author

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Victor D. Infante

By Sam Cha, David Lehman, Ellyn Maybe, Mindy Nettifee, Amber Tamblyn, Cecilia Woloch and Robert Wynne

From The Editor: When we first announced our yearlong writing challenge, The Gauntlet, we were pleased to find interest from many fiction … Continue reading→

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‘Walt Whitman and the Weather Report,’ by Laurinda Lind

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March 18, 2017 by author

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Victor D. Infante

Walt Whitman and the Weather Report
(After Robinson Jeffers)
By Laurinda Lind

Walt
in the twenty-first century
shakes the acorns from his beard
and lumbers forth to nourish
himself upon the air

Journalists ask … Continue reading→

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La Revolución Will Not Be Reviewed In The New York Times

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June 16, 2012 by author

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Victor D. Infante

By Rich Villar

Disclaimers:

I’m a poet. I talk a lot about poems. I realize that the argument is about literature in general.

You will also notice a lot of politics in this essay.

These … Continue reading→

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