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About Cindy Bradley

Cindy Bradley received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Fresno State University, where she was an editorial assistant for The Normal School. She is currently a nonfiction assistant editor at Pithead Chapel. Her work has been featured in 45th Parallel, Essay Daily, and Under the Sun, among others. She has an essay named Notable in Best American Essays 2017. A full list of her publications is on her website at cindybradley.weebly.com, and she can be found on Twitter @cindysea429.

Deadlift, by Cindy Bradley

Cindy Bradley

Photo by Jesper Aggergaard on Unsplash

I’ve heard it said that when properly executed, the deadlift is an almost perfect weightlifting exercise. The name of the exercise refers to the lifting of the “dead” weight without momentum, lifting … [Read more...]

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

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