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About Sparrow

Sparrow lives in a doublewide trailer in Phoenicia, New York with his wife Violet Snow. He enjoys cooking potato-ginger-bok choy stew. Sparrow is the author of five books, the most recent being The Double Dream of Spring: A Peg Sluice Mystery (cowritten with Mike Topp). His app, “Fake Wisdom,” is available on iTunes. (There's a 30 day free trial.) Sparrow plays flutophone in the antinomian pop group Foamola. Follow him on Twitter @sparrow14.

Edward Albee Speaks

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Edward Albee Speaks

I heard that Edward Albee was giving a workshop at the Omega Institute. I attempted to sneak in using my press credentials, but Omega politely explained that "all the slots are filled." So I … [Read more...]

6 short poems by Sparrow

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Sunrise, courtesy http://www.sxc.hu/profile/jcash

Shrug I shrug when I'd rather scream. Overheard on the Subway "Bedbugs make me horny." Car A lone car on Route 28 at 5:22 AM – leaving the night shift? Rushing to … [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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