Radius: Radius: Ilya Kaminsky, Lauren Gordon, Caroline Klocksiem

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March 8, 2015 by author

The Editors Write: We were ecstatic when Lauren Gordon joined the Radius staff as a contributing editor, and began providing us with her excellent essays on poetry and parenting. Her insight, enthusiasm and dependability have made working with her a … Continue reading→

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Poem by Wil Gibson

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March 6, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

Self Portrait #12
By Wil Gibson

1.
It is always harvest time in Northern
Illinois. Northern Illinois has an eye to the
autumn all year long. All year long the
summer is met with worry. … Continue reading→

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Life Lesson: What I Learned from Mr. Levine

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March 4, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Jean Macpherson

I never met Philip Levine except through his published words. If I had to write about the one thing that most attracted me to his work it is his fearless ability to express working-class traits with abandon … Continue reading→

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A Spark in the Snow: Radius, Volume Five

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March 3, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

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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Invented Form: Longku

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December 10, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Robert Wynne

When brevity is the still the soul of wit, but 17 syllables aren’t quite enough. Based on the popular haiku form, a Longku is a 4-line poem with a strict syllabic pattern of 7-5-7-5. While only 7 … Continue reading→

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