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About Natalie Wright

Natalie Wright was born and raised in a tiny town in Illinois surrounded by corn and soybean fields. Wright graduated from art school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1999 and traveled, worked and made art all across the United States from Vermont to California. In 2008 Wright earned an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and she is still in the process of unlearning everything. Wright recently opened a print and textile shop called Wright Home on Etsy where you can currently find one of a kind prints and handmade books. She is also a mom to a really hilarious boy named Oscar.

Everything All at Once: A Short Story

Natalie Wright

Everything All at Once - Natalie Wright

I left my poetry somewhere...dropped it...didn't even know it was missing until recently. I found it tucked inside an old book given to me when I was younger from a poet with sparkling eyes. Given to … [Read more...]

Uncle Fred: remembering artist and poet F.N. Wright

Natalie Wright

Remembering Fred "F.N." Wright

[Editor's note: F.N. Wright was a novelist, artist, and poet, whose work was published widely in the small press.] Uncle Fred and I once thought up a name for our dream bookstore. It would be … [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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