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About Carlos Cunha

Carlos Cunha's stories and essays have been published in The Kenyon Review, The TriQuarterly, The Seattle Review, Gulf Coast, The Manchester (U.K.) Review and elsewhere.

Infinite Jesting: On the Unbearable Lightness of Our Time

Carlos Cunha

Infinite Jesting: On the Unbearable Lightness of Our Time

We have, it seems, fallen into the ticklish grip of a cultural and existential order that has become virtually impossible to buck—humor. This is especially the case in literature. Rare is the work … [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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