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About John Barbato

John Barbato is a visual artist and poet living in Oaxaca, Mexico. He is the author of The Collected Poems: 1964-2002.

The Teducated Mouth: John Barbato interviews Ted Joans

Ted Joans and John Barbato

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Ted Joans, one of the original Beat poets, was born in Cairo, Illinois on 4 July 1928. By his twenties, living in New York City, he moved in the surrealist world of painters, jazz players, and poets. … [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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