Baby Detonate for Me (Part One)

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June 17, 2014 by author

By Victor D. Infante

Part One

Sophomore year of high school, Stephanie Harper wanted me to show her some witchcraft, so I had her lay on my bedroom floor – no moving, like corpse pose in yoga! – and visualize … Continue reading→

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On Falling: Action Heroes, Metaphor and Gravity (Part One)

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June 16, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Sam Cha

I. Acrophilia

Have you noticed that all the heroes have been falling, lately?

I mean that literally.

In nearly every major Hollywood action movie from the past ten years (plus/minus five years, roughly), … Continue reading→

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Union Dues: Freedom with a small f (Part One)

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June 16, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Jeffrey R. DeRego

Part One

I’m in the “naughty” schoolgirl costume. I have to safety pin the plaid skirt in the back and tie the see-through white blouse instead of buttoning it. The getup used to fit perfectly but … Continue reading→

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Prayers and Stories: Pulling New Heroes From the Oldest Well

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June 14, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante

“My king, something has been created that no one has created before.” — Enheduanna, from The Sumerian Temple Hymns

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Poem by ‘Bard’ Eucewelis

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June 10, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

In Memoriam: Seamus Heaney, August 30, 2013
By “Bard” Eucewelis

He disappeared in summer’s teeming life:
the streams were shallow and the airports full;
the mercury rose in the giving day;
while pigeons shat upon … Continue reading→

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