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About Marina Flores

Marina Flores is a feminist scholar who holds her MA in Literature, Creative Writing and Social Justice from Our Lady of the Lake University. She lives in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas where she writes creative nonfiction and teaches Composition I and II to university freshmen. Marina can be found somewhere with her doxie, Simba, or sipping on a cup of iced coffee. She tweets daily from @marinathelibra.

When Fear Sets In

Marina Flores

skyview / credit: em

I decided not to attend my supervisor’s going away party held in the hallway right outside our office. Outside the window, however, I noticed that the clouds in the sky sagged: each thick, depressive, … [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.

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