Victor D. López, Author
184 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -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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Episodes
Modern Art and the Critics - Sample short story reading
April 17, 2021 01:07 - 4 minutes - 3.24 MBThis is a sample reading of a portion of one of the short stories in my Echoes of the Mind's Eye: 13 Speculative Fiction Short Stories collection. I hope you enjoy it.
Love and the Fool
April 13, 2021 23:58 - 4 minutes - 2.52 MBThis podcast is a reading of one of the poems from my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk book of poems. It is a poem about love, regret and wisdom come too late. #love #love_poem #regret
Réquiem Por El Amor
April 13, 2021 18:53 - 1 minute - 750 KBEste es uno de los poemas de mi segundo libro de poesía, "Echoes of Dawn at Dusk". Fue originalmente escrito en inglés. La traducción del al español es mía.
When Legal Systems Clash: Why Foreign-Born Residents Fall Prey to Unscrupulous Notaries Public and What Can Be Done to Prevent It
April 09, 2021 00:41 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThis podcast is a brief presentation from a scholarly article I am presenting this month at the North East Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual academic conference dealing with the problem of notarial fraud. Unlike notaries public in the overwhelming majority of nations around the world that follow the prevalent civil law legal system, U.S. notaries public are not required to be highly trained lawyers and, unless they are also attorneys, are neither qualified nor authorized to give ...
On Che Guevara and the Marxist Revolution
April 07, 2021 21:13 - 2 minutes - 1.73 MBThis poem from my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk collection was written in response to my coming across two statements made by Che Guevara quoted in the poem. It is my response to him and to all those who proudly wear his likeness on their t-shirts across college campuses and elsewhere world-wide. As good old Charlie Brown might utter, "SIGH - My stomach hurts."
Héroes Desconocidos III: Remedios
April 07, 2021 20:42 - 14 minutes - 9.07 MBEste podcast contiene una de las seis partes de mi poema en verso libre, Héroes Desconocidos. Esta parte concierne a mi abuela materna, Remedios.
Podcast: Una lectura de poesía: Héroes Desconocidos, Parte I - Emilio (abuelo materno)
April 06, 2021 23:57 - 9 minutes - 5.67 MBEsta es la primera parte de un poema de seis partes, Héroes Desconocidos, sobre mis abuelos y padres que vivieron vidas increíblemente difíciles sin quejarse ni esperar elogios, levantándose a sí mismos por sus propios medios, y superando tragedias y dificultades que aplastarían a los humanos inferiores, como este, su nieto, que nunca podría ser su igual. Esta imperfecta traducción del ingles original es mia.
Podcast: Unsung Heroes IV: Maria
April 06, 2021 23:18 - 6 minutes - 3.58 MBMaria was my paternal grandmother and one of my unsung heroes. She was left with four small children to fend for herself when her husband, my paternal grandfather, self-exiled to Argentina during the Spanish Civil War after being warned that his arrest was imminent due to his support of the failed Republic and opposition to fascism. For the better part of two decades, my grandmother was left to run my grandfather's business without his skill or business acumen and to raise four children dur...
Unsung Heroes Part II - Manuel
April 06, 2021 22:33 - 8 minutes - 5.02 MBThis podcast is a reading of a poem about my paternal grandfather, who faced nearly 20 years of exile in Argentina for his support of the doomed Republic during the Spanish Civil War, leaving behind a wife and four children, one of whom would die at the age of three from meningitis in his absence.
A sample reading of the first pages of all the short stories in my Mindscapes short story collection
April 06, 2021 05:21 - 44 minutes - 41 MBThis podcast contains my reading of the first two pages of the 10 short stories in my Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories collection. The book is available at most booksellers in eBook and paperback versions, and well as an audiobook from Audible and Amazon (read by voice talent Dale M. Wilcox).
Poetry Reading: On Completing My First Novel
April 06, 2021 05:06 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MBThis is a reading of one of the new poems in my recently published second volume of poetry, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk. I hope you enjoy it.
Unsung Heroes V and VI: Felipe & Lita
April 02, 2021 17:12 - 54 minutes - 58.8 MBThis podcast is a reading of the last two parts of my longest free-verse poem, Unsung Heroes. It is about my mom and dad who both had very difficult lives from earliest childhood until their deaths including living through the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War that caused the death and exile of their fathers, living under dictatorships on two continents, pulling themselves by their bootstraps to a very comfortable life only to lose it all in business ventures in a times of economic chaos. T...
Introductory Lecture to Copyright Law
April 01, 2021 16:29 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBThis is a simple introductory lecture on copyright law based on two of my books, Copyright Law: A Practical Guide (C) 20218 and Intellectual Property Law: A Practical Guide to Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets (C) 2013. Both are available in eBook and paperback editions from Amazon and other booksellers. I should note that this is not a formal lecture from one of my graduate or undergraduate courses, but a brief lecture intended as a video presentation on one of my author sit...
Poetry sampler
March 31, 2021 00:01 - 9 minutes - 9.01 MBThis podcast features a sampling from my newest book of poems, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems (Volume 2). I hope will find something to like in this eclectic collection.
Esta es una muestra de mi poesía original en español y traducida.
March 30, 2021 19:39 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBUna lectura de poesía original, parte de la cual ha aparecido en mis dos libros de poesía anteriores: Echoes of Dawn at Dusk [ecos del alba al anochecer] y Of Pain and Ecstasy [de dolor y éxtasis].
Mi Canto / My Song
March 30, 2021 05:40 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBThis podcast includes a reading of my poem "Mi Canto" in the original Spanish version and in my English Translation. It runs for approximately four minutes.
Poetry Sampler: 16 Sonnets
March 30, 2021 05:28 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBThis podcast contains a reading of 16 sonnets spanning over 40 years. I have published these in various places over the years, including in my two books of poetry: Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems and Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems (Volume 2). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/victor-d-lopez/message
Amor Vincit Omnia - Extended short story preview
March 30, 2021 04:58 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThis podcast contains my reading of about half of my short story Amor Vincit Omnia which is available as an ebook and also included in my new short story collection, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk. I hope you enjoy it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/victor-d-lopez/message
Siren's Song (a sonnet)
March 29, 2021 04:52 - 1 minute - 999 KBThis is a reading of one of my earliest poems, Siren's Song, reprinted in my first book of poems, Of pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems (2011). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/victor-d-lopez/message
As We Sow Thus Do We Reap
March 26, 2021 06:41 - 1 minute - 1.8 MBThis short podcast contains a reading of one of the poems in my recently published book, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems (Volume 2). If you prefer reading the actual text and my commentary, you can find it in one of the book bubbles on a number of my books (fiction, poetry and non-fiction) at https://bublish.com/author/victorlopez. As always, thank you for listening. Victor #poetryreading #authordeading #poem
Justice (science fiction short story)
March 24, 2021 22:56 - 10 minutes - 10.9 MBThis episode contains the complete reading of the shortest story in my Echoes of the Mind's Eye: 13 Speculative Fiction Short Stories collection. I hope you will enjoy it.
Hire Lernin' - Chapter 6
March 24, 2021 04:28 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBThis podcast is a reading of Chapter 6 of my new novel, Hire Lernin': An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education. It concerns Dan's eye-opening one-day orientation at the flagship school in Manhattan that raises far more questions for him than it answers but does little to blunt his optimism and self-imposed mission to implement meaningful changes starting immediately as he fully begins his new role as dean of the Queens school.
Daughters of Eve
March 23, 2021 03:48 - 3 minutes - 3.37 MBA reading of my free verse poem from my latest book of poems, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems (Volume 2).
Why I Write
March 23, 2021 03:03 - 1 minute - 1.07 MBThis is a sample free verse poem from my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk collection.
End of Days - Preview
March 20, 2021 04:30 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBThis is a reading of approximately half of one of the longest short stories in my new book Echoes of the Mind's Eye: 13 Speculative Fiction Short Stories (C) 2021 - Victor D. Lopez. The short story involves among other things a novel theory as to the genesis of The Big Bang and the role played by black holes in the creation and extinction of infinite numbers of universes in the multiverse. It also explains what actually happened in the catastrophic shutdown on the Hadron Supercollider--at le...
Unsung Heroes Part III - Remedios
March 20, 2021 03:48 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBThis is Part III of my Unsung Heroes poem about my maternal grandmother
Unsung Heroes Part I - Emilio
March 20, 2021 03:28 - 8 minutes - 6.98 MBThis is a reading from my longest free-verse poem, Unsung Heroes, which deals with the lives of my grandparents and parents. Part I is about my maternal grandfather, Emilio, who died shortly after the end of the Civil War in Spain leaving behind a wife and nine children.
I Need a Reset Button (poetry reading)
March 19, 2021 05:25 - 1 minute - 1.57 MBThis is one of the sonnets from my most recent book of poetry, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems, Volume 2.
Sonnet to a Friendly Critic (poetry reading)
March 19, 2021 05:17 - 1 minute - 1.43 MBThis is a sonnet from my Echoes of Dawn at Dusk book of poetry.
On Regret - Poetry reading
March 19, 2021 05:14 - 1 minute - 1.49 MBThis is a reading of one of the sonnets from my recently released Echoes of Dawn at Dusk collection.
Episode 3 -- My unsung heroes, mom and dad.
March 19, 2021 04:24 - 54 minutes - 58.9 MBI began my longest free verse poem nearly a decade ago when I published Unsung Heroes, a four-part poem about my grandparents who each lived incredibly difficult and inspiring lives in different ways during and after the Spanish Civil War, in my first book of poetry, Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems. In my recently released second book of poems, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems, Volume 2, I continued that poem, adding a fifth and sixth part for my parents, Felipe and Lita, who the...
A reading of Chapters 3, 4 and 5 from my new novel, Hire Lernin'
March 18, 2021 22:55 - 40 minutes - 45.3 MBThis is a continuation of my reading three additional complete chapters from my novel, Hire Lernin'.
Preview reading of the first two chapters from my new novel, Hire Lernin': An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education
March 18, 2021 14:01 - 59 minutes - 67.5 MBMy first 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 personal quest to change lives for the better in an environment where only the bottom-line matters. Hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit quickly propel him to professional success, but at a de...