Author: Alexandre Ferrere • Empty Mirror

About Alexandre Ferrere

Alexandre Ferrere is 30 and lives in Cherbourg, France. After a Master's degree in Library Sciences and a Master's degree in English Literature, he is now working on a PhD on American poetry and little magazines. His fictions, interviews, essays, and poems have appeared in dozens of magazines, online and in print. He is editor and review manager at Trio House Press. His experimental poetry chapbook entitled mono / stitches and handmade by artist Sara Lefsyk is available at Ethel Press (2020). Find him on Twitter @bluesfolkjazz and at neutralspaces.co/alexandre_ferrere/.

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake’s Influence on Allen Ginsberg

Alexandre Ferrere

In a compilation of his personal journals, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice,1 Allen Ginsberg recalled a particular event, which had a strong impact on his career and on his spiritual approach to … [Read more...]

Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg: A Story of Influences

Alexandre Ferrere

The well-known link between Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman comes from both Ginsberg's readers and Ginsberg himself. One of the first explicit mentions of Walt Whitman in Ginsberg's published poetry … [Read more...]