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Illiterate Imbecile’s ‘Almost-Great Article’*: On New Times ‘Reporter’ Terrence McCoy
Author: Victoria
Date: January 8, 2014
*parody of McCoy’s improper use of hyphen So let’s say you are an illegitimate reporter in South Florida who has nothing better to do than interview conspiracy-theorizing, apocalypse-dwelling cops unfashionably donning a Guy Fawkes mask. You have no idea what you are reporting on, but better yet– you [...]
“For Louis Zukofsky” By, D. Olivia Paxson I am going to give this presentation in a Walter Pater on the Mona Lisa manner; that is, I am going to “teach and delight” (Chaucer) you in the same way Zukofsky entertained and informed The University of Connecticut with his speech “For [...]
“Geography” Poem Published in COASTLINES Literary Magazine 2011
Author: Victoria
Date: November 16, 2013
Below I have pictured and re-typed one of the two poems of mine that the Coastlines Literary Magazine published in 2011: “Geography” Location does not matter to a Spanish bull, or a body’s fallow ashes or an idle thought. For despite the coordinates on a map or timeline, [...]
Creative Nonfiction Piece “(Almost) Freedom” by Victoria James (aka Olivia Paxson)
Author: Victoria
Date: November 15, 2013
“(Almost) Freedom” By, Victoria James (aka Olivia Paxson) So here I am, with a new key. A key to the future I never thought I would grant myself. I foot new ground, cautiously treading the tiles and patterns that will grid the footsteps of my new life. I nest in [...]
Here is the link to the video adaptation I made of Phillip K. Dick’s short story “Roog.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iavNfgQmlIg Enjoy! Here is the Explanation: I made this video for an assignment in my “Principles and Problems of Literary Study” graduate class at FAU on November 13, 2013. The video explores [...]
Hello all of you out there wherever you are! A gracious fan requested that I post the article I had published in the USA Today back when I was 13. I regret that I can’t currently find the entire essay, but I have included some quick iPhone shots of the [...]
Another Day to Dedicate to my Manuscript Proposal (Finally!)
Author: Victoria
Date: November 9, 2013
Top of the mornin’ to ya! Coffee. “Honey Badger.” Still in my nightclothes. Neighborhood lawn day. Finally I have a day to continue working on my memoir proposal. From what I have read, it is considered a faux pas to refer to my manuscript as a “memoir” until it [...]
Here are some photos from a recent photoshoot with Alex Manfredini (one of my good friends and “go to” photographers) for a website called “Corset Chicks.” Hair and makeup artist Gloria Tello. She is also a very good friend of mine and probably THE BEST HMUA in at least the entire [...]
By clicking the link below, you guys can check out the first “Prezi” I have ever made: http://prezi.com/fkluj3sikbzq/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy I created this presentation for my Literary Theory class on October 30, 2013. Due to the fact that I presented the “meat” of the information orally, written notes were not required. [...]
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