Victor D. López, Author

Victor D. López, Author

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Victor D. López, Author episodes

  • To Poets Everywhere

    This is a simple poem about those who embrace the the mostly lonely and unappreciated task of writing poetry knowing it will largely go unread--voices crying in the wilderness hoping to strike a chord that resonates in receptive ears.

    2 min
  • On Writing My First Novel

    This is the author's reading of his blank-verse poem dealing with the process and emotional effect of writing his first novel, Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education. (C) 2021, 2023 Victor D. Lopez - All rights reserved.

    6 min
  • On Completing My First Novel (poetry reading)

    This free-verse poem is about the emotional turmoil wrought by the process of writing my first novel, Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Quest Through the Realm of for-Profit Education. The novel is a fictionalized version based on my experience as an idealistic, newly-minted lawyer hired to be the academic dean of a for-profit business school in New York City in the late 1980s. Knowing nothing about the industry, the protagonist undertakes a two-year Quixotic quest to implement meaningful change in a corporate environment driven by the profit motive. The result? Unprecedented professional success for the protagonist coupled with some painful life lessons about personal strengths, weaknesses, and love.

    5 min
  • A reading of the first two chapters of my novel "Hire Lernin'

    My first novel is a fictionalized version of my experience in my first academic posting as academic dean of a proprietary, for-profit business school as an idealistic, newly minted lawyer who knew next to nothing about the industry. The book is fiction, though largely based on actual events and situations with names and locations altered and minor dramatic license taken for the sake of the narrative. In this podcast, I read the first two chapters about the beginning of a Quixotic quest that will take the protagonist on a journey to unimagined highs and life-altering lows not unlike those experienced by the author on the way to learning vital truths about himself, about for-profit education, about leadership and for the protagonist at least, about love.

    Hire Lernin': An Idealist's Quest through the Realm of for-Profit Education is available in hard and soft cover editions as well as eBook editions from all major booksellers.

    59 min

About Victor D. López, Author

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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…