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About John Yohe

Born in Puerto Rico, John Yohe grew up in Michigan and lives in Oregon. He has worked as a wildland firefighter, deckhand/oiler, runner/busboy, bike messenger, wilderness ranger, and fire lookout. He is fiction editor for Deep Wild Journal. Visit johnyohe.com.

House of the Cardamom Seed by Penelope Scambly Schott, reviewed by John Yohe

John Yohe

House of the Cardamom Seed by Penelope Scambly Schott

House of the Cardamom Seed by Penelope Scambly Schott / Cherry Grove / 2018 / 978-1-62549-270-8 One of the pleasures of making a pilgrimage to Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon is sometimes … [Read more...]

The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing by Charles Bukowski

John Yohe

The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writingby Charles Bukowski

The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing by Charles Bukowski. Edited by David Stephen Calonne / City Lights Books / 978-0-87286-759-8 / 2018 I kind of don't know how they … [Read more...]

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes reviewed by John Yohe

John Yohe

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes / Penguin / 2018 / paperback / 9780143133186 I knew Terrance Hayes' new book was going to be powerful when some of the poems … [Read more...]

Mortal Trash: Poems by Kim Addonizio, reviewed by John Yohe

John Yohe

Mortal Trash by Kim Addonizio

Mortal Trash: Poems by Kim Addonizio / W. W. Norton / 978-0-393-35434-8 / paperback / August 1, 2017 I've reviewed Kim Addonizio before, for her short story collection The Palace of Illusions … [Read more...]

Aztec Summer

John Yohe

Aztek peak fire lookout - John Yohe / Edward Abbey

And after I got laid off from my teaching job in Michigan, I moved out to Portland and lived on unemployment and savings for almost two years, running my credit union accounts almost down to zero … [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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