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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

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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The Assumption of Heroism and Other Thoughts on Violence

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December 7, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Victor D. Infante
1.) Dancing With Heroes

Perhaps the most fascinating journey on the most-recent season of Dancing with the Stars was that of Alek Skarlato, the 23-year-old Army National Guardsman specialist who, along with two fellow … 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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The 2nd Annual Fantasy Poetry Slam Results!!!

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April 2, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

When we realized last year that National Poetry Month always begins on April Fool’s Day, we thought it was an opportunity to have a little fun. You know: Kick out the jams, revel in the absurd a bit. Remind ourselves … Continue reading→

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Poem by Bill Abbott

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March 17, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

The Hero of the Story
By Bill Abbott

Don’t you wonder if there’s more to it than this?
Don’t you think there is?

I drive at high speeds parallel to the oncoming onslaught of traffic, inches away,
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