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About John Burns

John Burns is a writer and teacher from Nottingham in the UK, but has since drifted rather far from there. He's a sometime editor and writer for 10BooksFor.com.

Book Review – Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

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Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

John Darnielle is already something of a big deal. As frontman and creative driving force for alt-rock cult figures The Mountain Goats, Darnielle has been crafting beguiling pop lyrics for approaching … [Read more...]

Book Review: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster

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4321 Auster

4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster / Henry Holt and Co. / 2017 / 880 pages / ISBN: 978-1627794466 It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Paul Auster – a writer known for brevity and concision, at least most of … [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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