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V.B. Price has lived in New Mexico since l958, mostly in Albuquerque’s North Valley, writing poetry, journalism and non-fiction. His website is vbprice.com.

Are Millions of Americans So Afraid of the Future That They Prefer To Dwell in the Madhouse of Their Imaginations?

Are Millions of Americans So Afraid of the Future That They Prefer To Dwell in the Madhouse of Their Imaginations?

February 7, 2021 By V.B. Price 3 Comments

Will an emerging creative minority overtake a deteriorating nihilistic conservatism?

Filed Under: Columns

Getting Away with Trying to Overthrow the U.S. Government

Getting Away with Trying to Overthrow the U.S. Government

January 31, 2021 By V.B. Price 2 Comments

January 6 has draped the GOP, and its lunatic fellow travelers, in shame and infamy.

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: capitol, trump

The Laws of Physics, Gamesmanship and American Politics

The Laws of Physics, Gamesmanship and American Politics

January 24, 2021 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

Amanda Gorman described the possibilities of a post-Trump era.

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: biden, poetry, trump

Hate Speech Isn’t Free Speech

Hate Speech Isn’t Free Speech

January 17, 2021 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

The First Amendment is being weaponized by hate mongers.

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: first amendment, Free Sppech, Hate Speech

The Luck of Books in a Time of Chaos, Cultural Decay and the Politics of Fear

The Luck of Books in a Time of Chaos, Cultural Decay and the Politics of Fear

January 10, 2021 By V.B. Price Leave a Comment

Failure to heed public health precautions everyone’s rights at risk.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

RACHEL CARSON – 1907-1964

RACHEL CARSON – 1907-1964

January 3, 2021 By V.B. Price 4 Comments

The following poem is from a sequence called Homeric America by V.B. Price, which focuses on American wanderers and warriors.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: poetry, rachel carson

Christmas Poem: TRAVEL NOTES ON COMING BACK TO LIFE

Christmas Poem: TRAVEL NOTES ON COMING BACK TO LIFE

December 20, 2020 By V.B. Price 6 Comments

V.B. Price is taking a two-week holiday break. This is Price’s 51st Christmas poem. The previous 50 poems have recently been compiled into a book, Innocence Regained: Christmas Poems, now available through Casa Urraca Press.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Christmas Poem

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