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About Paul Rowe

Paul Rowe has produced literary criticism on topics ranging from Romanticism to the indigenous cultures of New England. Residing just north of Boston, Paul is a contributing editor at Pen & Anvil Press, co-editor of Dark Marrow, and video games editor at Queen Mob's Teahouse. His words appear in Literary Imagination, Berfrois, Moonchild Magazine, The New England Review of Books, FIVE:2:ONE, minor literature[s], PopMatters, and The Boston Hassle.

Decadent Wildfire: A Review of Flowers of the Flesh by Effy Winter

Paul Rowe

Flowers of the Flesh - Effy Winter

Flowers of the Flesh by Effy Winter / Rhythm & Bones Press / 2019 Effy Winter is a captivating writer based in Philadelphia, P.A. Winter’s work explores unfathomable heartache and unbridled … [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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