‘WICCA, 1984.’ by Matthew Mars

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June 1, 2017 by author

WICCA, 1984.
By Matthew Mars

since we seem to be speaking of ghosts
and the old religion tonight
since most of us are wrapped in black
and bearded anyway
blown in by santa ana … Continue reading→

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This Is Normal: The First Step in Changing the World is Accepting the Truth

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May 30, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

Perhaps it would help if we were quicker to define terms. Take this past Saturday, for example – a mere week after a suicide bomber in Manchester, England, killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert … Continue reading→

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Review of ‘WHEREAS,’ by Layli Long Soldier

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May 8, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

WHEREAS
Layli Long Soldier
Graywolf Press
Review by Amélie Frank

“Apology is policy.”—The X Files

Thanks to Graydon Carter for jump-starting this review. Carter — the publisher of Vanity Fair who famously coined the term “short-fingered … Continue reading→

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Two Poems by Joseph Harms

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May 4, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

Godhell
By Joseph Harms

It wouldn’t be a lie to say he knew now would be then
when moons derealed their stages, kyotes sang along entrained
by youthful fatalism bound to epicure down tracks
from … Continue reading→

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Two Poems by Hazem Fahmy

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May 1, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

Dialectics of Diaspora
By Hazem Fahmy

Thesis:

If a brown boy comes to this country
it must mean he wanted to
feed off an endless land
like a parasite, but perhaps
better, like a beardless … Continue reading→

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