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About Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen holds a doctorate from the School of Humanities at Tallinn University, where some of his work concerned looking at Jack Kerouac’s writing for its ethnographic sensibilities. He has also written on busking culture, urban studies and autoethnography as a research method. He is a journalist who has contributed to the Guardian, Financial Times, and many others.

He is the editor of Baltic Publishing, an academic book publisher located in Tallinn, and is co-editor of Tallinn Arts magazine.

He has taught humanities and English literature at San Francisco State University, Tallinn University and the Estonian Academy of Art. Learn more at ebsn.eu/members/michael-amundsen.

Bob Kaufman’s Lonely Vigil – Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen

Bob Kaufman's Lonely Vigil by Michael Amundsen

Bob Kaufman the man is hard to pin down. His life is wrapped in mystery, legends, and hagiography. It was in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood where both the legend and the man began to take … [Read more...]

Jack Kerouac: Avatar of American Buddhism

Michael Amundsen

Kerouac: Avatar for American Buddhism by Michael Amundsen

"I have nothing to offer but my own confusion." -- JK It is intriguing that secular, educated Americans often have difficulty with the rituals and story of Christianity, seeing it as irrational, … [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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