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About Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones is a knowledge worker practicing in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. Among other works, she is author of the full-length poetry collection, /feminine nature/ (GaussPDF, 2017). Clara also conducts research on experimental literature, radical publishing, as well as art and technology.

Carlos Moreno, Translator of Agustín Guambo’s Andean Nuclear Spring, Interviewed by Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones

Agustín Guambo, Andean Nuclear Spring, translated by Carlos Moreno

It is not every day that one reads a poetry collection destined to become a collector's item. However, the emerging Ecuadorian poet, Agustín Guambo's, Andean Nuclear Spring, translated by Carlos … [Read more...]

New poetry books by Harmony Holiday, Christina Xiong, and Lily Trotta, reviewed by Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones

reviews of books by Christina Xiong, Harmony Holiday, and Lily Trotta

“When a woman tells the truth, she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.” —Adrienne Rich In Maafa (Fence Books, 2020), Harmony Holiday crafts a surrealistic tale employing … [Read more...]

Clara B. Jones interviews poet Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones

Scattered Clouds: New and Selected Poems by Reuben Jackson

Each month I attend a poetry reading at Zed's Cafe in Silver Spring, MD. Reuben Jackson, poet, jazz scholar, educator, and archivist, was the featured speaker on October 4th and, before he had … [Read more...]

Residual sonnets by Mark Young, reviewed by Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones

Residual sonnets - Mark Young

Residual sonnets by Mark Young / ma press [Finland] / 2019 / 100 pages / $5.00 Residual [re-sid-ual] Adjective: remaining after the greater part has gone “'Bricolage,' more than anything else, … [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.

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

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