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About Michael Kirby

Michael Kirby holds an MA in Liberal Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. His main interest is contemporary poetry and poetics, and his work, both creative and journalistic, can be found in Spikes Arts Quarterly, Jacket2, and Best American Experimental Writing 2016.

Holy Ghost by David Brazil, reviewed by Michael Kirby

Michael Kirby

David Brazil - Holy Ghost - poetry book review

Holy Ghost by David Brazil / City Lights Books / 9780872867147 / 113 pages / May 2017 Originating with the poststructuralists (Derrida and The Gift of Death being one example), then reaching a sort … [Read more...]

Book Review – Enfermario by Gabriela Torres Olivares

Michael Kirby

Enfermario by Gabriela Torres Olivares, translated by Jennifer Donovan

Enfermario by Gabriela Torres Olivares, translated by Jennifer Donovan / Les Figues Press / June 2017 / 978-1-934254-65-3 / 144 pages / softcover The level of degradation to which Gabriela Torres … [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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