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About Jessica Clark

Jess is a recent graduate of Durham University with a degree in Combined Honours in Arts (English Literature and Spanish). She enjoys reading, writing poetry, learning the guitar, and gets excited by all things adventurous. She spent a year living in Peru and Spain working as a teaching assistant and hostel receptionist. With a keen passion for languages, Jess plans to resurrect her Arabic studies and explore more of the world (probably heading East) in newfound graduate freedom. London-based, she takes comfort in her beautiful cat Cleo when things like climate change get a bit much to think about.

Moving Towards the Light: The Triumph of Spirituality in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Jessica Clark

Moving Towards the Light: the Triumph of Spirituality in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Note: Chapter three was previously published in Beatdom. ∘∘∘ Pre-emptive of 1960s counter-culture, in which exploded artistic self-expression and a freer way of relating to … [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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