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About Ryan Ritchie

Ryan Ritchie is a 33-year-old writer from Lomita, California. His work has been published in/at RollingStone.com, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, BlackBook, VegNews, Haggard & Halloo, Modern Drunkard Magazine and lots more he can't remember. You can follow him at @RyanLRitchie.

3 Poems by Ryan Ritchie

Ryan Ritchie

JK - Jack Kerouac typewriter

FOR JACK nothing any wordsmith can do with a keyboard matches the beauty that leaps from the subconscious mind of the jazz musician. we sit and think, type, sit and think some more, never … [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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