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About James Patrick

James David Patrick has previously placed his writing with Monkeybicycle, PANK Magazine, Bartleby Snopes and Specter Literary Magazine. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine and lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Follow him on twitter (@30hertzrumble) and read his bl-g at www.thirtyhertzrumble.com.

Typewriter Experiment #1: Getting to Know You

James Patrick

Original image: Olivetti Lettera 32, c. 1975 by mpclemens / Foter.com / CC BY. Photoshopped greatly by Empty Mirror.

A few months ago I bought an Olivetti typewriter with the goal of experimenting with the way the creative process changes when writing on a typewriter versus writing on a computer. This image is a … [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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