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About Foster McKinnell

Foster McKinnell is currently an undergraduate at Central Washington University. His work has appeared in Pleiades Magazine, Entropy, and Manastash Literary Journal. He’s probably repotting a houseplant right now.

The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

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My university lies at the center of a small farming town. It is a splotch of academia in the midst of many hay fields, and this year it has eleven thousand students. I’m here to learn creative … [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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