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About Bridget McNulty

Bridget McNulty is a published author living in Cape Town, South Africa. Her first novel, Strange Nervous Laughter, was published in South Africa (Struik) and the USA (St. Martin’s Press) and she is the co-founder of Now Novel (www.nownovel.com), an online novel-writing course for those who want to start – and finish! – their novels. You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter.

How Kerouac’s haiku changed my life

Bridget McNulty

How Kerouac's haikus saved my life

When I was twenty-two, I was lucky enough to be the only South African on an American college campus, studying creative writing and trying to figure out what to do with my life (along with every other … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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