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Victor D. López, Author
by Victor D. Lopez
Author's Blog - Podcasts will feature sample readings from my published books on subjects that include law, poetry, science fiction, speculative fiction, my recent novel and articles on law-related subjects published in academic journals and law reviews. I will also feature content from my various blogs and works in progress and samples of original poetry and fiction. I hope that you will find subjects of interest here and would very much welcome the pleasure of your company in my personal and professional journeys of discovery. Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B001KMII74
Episodes
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A Reading of Two Poems in Honor of Our Fallen Heroes for Memorial Day
Remembering Our Fallen of Memorial Day and Death of a Quiet Soldier
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Hire Lernin' (A Novel). Chapter 10: Desperate Students
This is my reading of chapter 10 from my novel. The novel itself is available through most bookstores in eBook, paperback and hard cover and now also as an audiobook. Please don't confuse my cold reading here as part of the audiobook which is NOT read by me. If you'd like to sample previews from...
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Unsung Heroes VII: Manuel Zapata (1930 - 2024)
This is the latest addition to my longest free-verse poem, Unsung Heroes, that deals with the lives of my grandparents and parents. This episode deals with my father-in-law who passed away three weeks ago and who, like my other beloved personal heroes, was very special to me.
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Modern Art and the Critics (short story)
This is my reading of one of the 13 short stories from my Echoes of the Mind's Eye collection (C) 2021, 2024.
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Siren's Song (sonnet)
From my Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems (C) 2011, 2024
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Unsung Heroes Part VI: Lita (Mom)
This is the final part of my longest free-verse poem. It details the life of my mom who overcame blindness in childhood during the Spanish Civil War and left school at the age of 11 to illegally work on a full-time basis in a cousin's fish cannery to help provide for her eight brothers and…
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Unsung Heroes Part V: Felipe (dad)
This poem is about my dad who passed away in 2018. It was first published in my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk second book of poems in 2020. Like his parents before him, he had a hard life from the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War that saw his father self-exiled leaving behind a wife and four very…
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Unsung Heroes Part IV: Maria (paternal grandmother)
This is the fourth part of my longest free-verse poem. This part deals with a portrait of my paternal grandmother and her struggle to raise four children during and after the Spanish Civil War after her husband fled to Argentina when warned he was about to be arrested by the fascist forces and…
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Unsung Heroes Part III: Remedios (maternal grandmother)
This is Part III of my longest free verse poem that first appeared in my Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems. This episode relates to my maternal grandmother who was taken back to her native Galicia, Spain, by her husband, my grandfather, from her comfortable home at 10 Perry Street in New York...
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Unsung Heroes Part II - Manuel (paternal grandfather)
From my Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems (C) 2011, 2024
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Unsung Heroes Part I: Emilio (maternal grandfather)
This is my reading the first part of my longest blank verse poem first published in my first book of poems, Of Pain and Ecstasy (C) 2011. It deals with the ultimate price paid by my maternal grandfather's non-violent support for the doomed Republic in opposition to the fascist forces in Spain...
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Redemption (Complete speculative fiction short story)
This is one of the 13 short stories in my Echoes of the Mind's Eye collection. It involves a young, successful professional in NYC who learns an important life lesson at a friend's birthday party from an uninvited guest.
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Two Haikus: When Did I Forget? and As I Grow Older
Poetry reading
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Poetry Reading (sample poems)
This is a reading of some newer poems from my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk collection (C) 2020, 2024
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Requiem for Love (sonnet)
Poetry reading
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On Death and Rebirth (linked haikus)
From Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems, Volume 2 (C) 2021
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Athena (sonnet)
This is a reading of my poem Athena in praise of both the goddess and women.
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El Tren Subterraneo
Translation of my poem The Subway from my Of Pain and Ecstasy collection (C) 2011, 2024
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Hire Lernin' (A Novel): Chapter 6
Dan's Education Begins in Earnest
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Mindscapes: 10 SF and Speculative Fiction Short Stories
This is a simple book trailer for my Mindscapes short story collection with my reading of the first two pages of each short story. The book is available in eBook and print versions as well as a professionally produced audiobook version read by voice talent Dale Wilcox. You can preview versions at...
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Anhelo Tanto Sonar (poema)
Translated from my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems (Vol. 2) (C) 2021, 2024
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Justice (SF Short Story)
This is the shortest story in my Echoes of the Mind's Eye science fiction / speculative fiction short story collection. It involves the last remaining crime punishable by death in a fully connected world in which opting out is simply not an option.
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Justicia (Cuento Completo)
Este es el cuento más corto de mi colección de cuentos Echoes of the Mind's Eye, traducido e incluido en mi colección de cuentos Libro de Sueños.
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To Thine Own Self Be True
My advice for new writers.
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Paper Presentation on Notarial Fraud
This is a brief paper presentation based on one of my articles published this spring in the North East Journal of Legal Studies (Vol. 44, Article 1, 2024) that deals with the problem of unscrupulous notaries public who engage in the unauthorized practice of law and prey upon unsuspecting...
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Two poems for Memorial Day in remembrance of our fallen
May we never forget the true purpose of Memorial Day. May God bless our fallen men and women in uniform and their families. May we never forget the debt of honor we owe them all.
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My Unsung Heroes - Parts 5 and 6
This is a reading of Parts 5 and 6 of my longest free-verse poem, Unsung Heroes, about the lives of quiet heroism and self-reliance in overcoming adversity. The first four parts of the poem deal with the lives of my grandparents, and the last two read here of my parents. As I note in the...
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Mi Canto / My Song
A reading of my original poem Mi Canto in Spanish followed by my English Translation.
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A reading of some of my sonnets from two of my poetry books
Although poetry represents a minuscule amount of my published writing which is mostly non-fiction, it has been and remains close to the core of who I am as an author. In this podcast I will read samples of my sonnets from my two books of poems, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk (C) 2021 and Of Pain and...
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Sonnet to a Friendly Critic
This is a sample sonnet reading from my second book of poems, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems, Volume Two (C) 2021.
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True Love Revisited
A teaser poem for my short story, Amor Vincit Omnia.
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Introduction & Background for My Novel, Hire Lernin'
I am posting some English and Spanish version readings from my novel Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education here and elsewhere and wanted to provide some general background for the novel. I hope you will sample and enjoy my cold readings from the novel.
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Aprender a Ganar (novela) - Capítulo Tercero
La entrevista continua . . .
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Hire Lernin' - A Novel (Chapter 5)
Chapter 5: Meeting the Faculty
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Hire Lernin' - Chapter 4
his novel involves the bittersweet journey of a young, idealistic, naïve attorney who takes on the role of academic dean at a for-profit business school in New York City in the late 1980s knowing very little about the industry. Unable to accept the way things are, he immediately launches into a...
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Hire Lernin' - Chapter 3
This is a cold reading from my novel, Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education (C) 2021, 2024.
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Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education (A Novel) - Chapters 1 and 2
This is a reading from the first two chapters of my novel about an idealistic young lawyer hired as the dean of a for-profit business school knowing next to nothing about the industry. Unwilling to accept things as they are, he launches on a personal quest to implement meaningful changes…
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The Things in Life for Which I am Most Thankful
A Thanksgiving Message
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Aprender a Ganar: Una Educación de Poco Valor a Precio de Oro (Spanish version of the novel Hire Lernin')
Esta es una traducción del autor de los dos primeros capítulos de su novela Hire Lernin' (C) 2021 traducida al español. La versión completa en inglés de la novela y la traducción al español en curso están disponibles de forma gratuita en el siguiente enlace:...
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Author's Blog - Podcasts will feature sample readings from my published books on subjects that include law, poetry, science fiction, speculative fiction, my recent novel and articles on law-related subjects published in academic journals and law reviews. I will also feature content from my various blogs and works in progress and samples of original poetry and fiction. I hope that you will find subjects of interest here and would very much welcome the pleasure of your company in my personal and professional journeys of discovery. Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B001KMII74
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