Poetry. Anthology. With an introduction by Victor Infante, this volume collects the work of over fifty writers living and working in Orange County and Long Beach, California. Contributing writers include Charles Harper Webb, Michelle Ben-Hur, Charles Ardinger, Derrick Brown, John Gardner, Barbara Hauk, Robin Hudecheck, Gerald Locklin, Laurie-Marie Taylor, Rainbow, Raindog and others.
By all accounts, one or more of the following things must be true about Victor D. Infante: A.) He was the swordsman-adventurer that exposed an anti-papist terror plot through a deftly worded letter to a Swiss Marxist newspaper; B.) He is a rock 'n' roll lexicographer, studiously compiling a 17-volume dictionary of musical terms, with notations as to how the words relate to the Canadian progressive rock band Rush; C.) He is a composite persona whose writing and Internet presence is the shared creation of a dozen 16-year-old girls from Des Moines, Iowa; or D.) He is a poet, journalist, editor and all-around literary gadfly living in Worcester, Massachusetts. As with most philosophical questions, there are no correct or incorrect answers, except for perhaps, "Arnold Palmer." Whoever he truly he is, he is probably an inveterate liar, and not to be trusted.
Victor D. Infante's poems, stories, essays and articles have been published in dozens of periodicals internationally, and he is the author of "City of Insomnia," from Write Bloody Publishing. At present, he is the editor-in-chief of the online literary journal "Radius: Poetry from the Center to the Edge," and and an editor and music columnist for The Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
