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About Jack Leaf Willetts

Jack Leaf Willetts is a writer, poet and songmaker. He has been published by POV, Finding the Beat, Kerouac's Dog Magazine & Unknown Press. Jack can be found on Twitter at @JackLeafWrites.

Two poems by Jack Leaf Willetts

Jack Leaf Willetts

Kerouac / Bukowski / Jack Leaf Willetts

Letter to Charles Bukowski No I don’t want to be a goddamn writer for the most part I wish I were a carpenter or a mechanic I wish I had a skill that folks could use I wish I had a job … [Read more...]

An Interview with Poet Jack Leaf Willetts

Denise Enck and Jack Leaf Willetts

Jack, your new poetry collection, The Beauty of being Hated, has just been published. What can you tell us about it? It was hard to live and hard to write. It was written out of a series of … [Read more...]

3 poems from The Beauty of being Hated by Jack Leaf Willetts

Jack Leaf Willetts

Skagit farm / credit: em

Ode to Trailer Trash Trailer trash: who didn’t understand the endearment, the mock insult Trailer trash: who walks with no shoes through glass and beer and blood never cutting her … [Read more...]

The Sea is My Brother by Jack Kerouac, Reviewed by Jack Leaf Willetts

Jack Leaf Willetts

The Sea is My Brother - Jack Kerouac

The Sea is My Brother was Jack Kerouac's first attempt at a novel. Technically it fits the criteria of a novella, the original manuscript weighing in at 158 pages. Published for the first time in its … [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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