Empty Mirror contributor Jared Feldschreiber's debut novella, Reckless Abandon, has just been published. Reckless Abandon depicts John Duggan, an up-and-coming playwright who learns of the toil of assembling a “dream project” set in New York City during the summer of 1984. The time period and milieu are central to the protagonist’s journey, as are the real – and imagined – … [Read more...]
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New poetry collections by Kenneth Pobo
Empty Mirror contributor Kenneth Pobo has published two new poetry collections this past month. The Antlantis Hit Parade Prose poems. From the publisher: "A delightful collection of unique personalities, perhaps generations of family or the inhabitants of a small town beset by the vagaries of love, loneliness, and growing older. This book entices you into its nostalgic … [Read more...]
Beat Generation photographer Larry Keenan’s website relaunched
In 2002, Beat and counterculture photographer Larry Keenan asked me to build a website to document forty years of his Beat Generation and counterculture photography. Working with him and learning about his vast archive of photos was a treat. After Larry's death in 2012, the site remained online, although mostly unmaintained. Last week, the site relaunched in … [Read more...]
g emil reutter’s new poetry collection, Stale Bread and Coffee, published
Alien Buddha Press has just published Empty Mirror contributor g emil reutter's newest collection of poetry, Stale Bread and Coffee. Published on April 9, it's 66 pages and is available for purchase here. “The colloquial voice of g emil reutter rises from the valley, circles back through years of close observation with a steady eye. There’s nothing trumped up in these … [Read more...]
Silas Plum’s exhibition, Axiology: April 5-May 31, 2019
The exhibition will be on display at the Youngblood Art Studio Gallery in Plains, Virginia, April 4 through May 31, 2019. It will be open to the public Saturdays from 12:00 - 4:00 or by appointment. Work shown will include the pieces published here at Empty Mirror, along with many others. The exhibition opens on Thursday, April 4, from 5:30-7:30pm. From 6:00 PM - 6:30 … [Read more...]
Buku Sarkar photography exhibition: March 21-April 28, 2019
Empty Mirror contributor Buku Sarkar's photographs will be featured in an exhibition at the ICP Museum, 250 Bowery, NYC. The show runs from March 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. until April 28, 2018 at 6 p.m. The opening reception takes place on March 21, from 6:30-8:30pm. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT WE ARE STANDING HERE is a visionary compilation of work by emerging artists who … [Read more...]
Sam Silva releases new chapbooks
Prolific poet Sam Silva has published several new chapbooks this year. They are all available on Amazon and include: Two Chapbooks for Winter (print / Kindle) Someone's Minor Apocalypse (Kindle) Selected Later Chapbooks (Kindle) Selected Later Chapbooks Edition 2 (Kindle) Selected Later Chapbooks Edition 3 (Kindle) … [Read more...]
Mateo Lara’s chapbook, Glitter Gods, is now available!
Empty Mirror contributor Mateo Lara's chapbook, Glitter Gods has been published by Thirty West Publishing House. Its twenty pages contain nine poems. You can buy Glitter Gods on Thirty West's website. Mateo has also published several more poetry collections, which you can find here. … [Read more...]
Book Release – Collage by Women: 50 Essential Contemporary Artists, edited by Rebeka Elizegi
Now available for pre-order, Collage by Women presents fifty international women artists working in the field of collage today through a rigorous selection of their works. Curated by the Spanish collage artist Rebeka Elizegi, designed by Alehop, and edited by Promopress Editions in English and Spanish, Collage by Women gives space to voices from all backgrounds, origins, and … [Read more...]
Rebeka Elizegi’s Beatnik collages at the Hybrid Art Fair, March 1-3, Madrid
Rebeka Elizegi presents Beatnik at the Hybrid Art Fair by the Arteuparte Gallery Hybrid Art Fair 1-3 March 2019 Hotel Petit Palace Santa Bárbara / Plaza Santa Bárbara, 10, Madrid, Spain The series focuses on the Beat Generation as a cultural phenomenon, specifically in women poets who were part of the movement and have historically been less visible than their male … [Read more...]
Poetry reading: Tate Swindell, Neeli Cherkovski and Thomas Antonic at the Beat Museum
Tate Swindell writes --- Friends, I'll be reading poetry at the Beat Museum (Broadway & Columbus in San Francisco) this Saturday [November 17] at 2pm. My good friends Neeli Cherkovski and Thomas Antonic will read as well. Please join us if yr able! Tate … [Read more...]
Chris La Tray’s One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large published
Chris La Tray's One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large has been published by Riverfeet Books. Chris' essay, "Notes on the Sacred Art of Dog Walking", which first appeared here at Empty Mirror, is included in the book, alongside poems and more essays. Praise for One-Sentence Journal: Chris La Tray’s One-Sentence Journal achieves the difficult … [Read more...]
Mike Corrao’s novel, Man Oh Man, released by Orson’s Publishing
Man, Oh Man a novel by Empty Mirror contributor Mike Corrao, was published by Orson's Publishing on October 23. Two patrons appear in a dim cafe one day. How they've arrived, where they've come from, and why they're there at all, they have no idea. What they do know is that they hate one another. So they smoke. They tinker. They talk about art. They talk about waiting. … [Read more...]
Halloween recipe: crispy roasted pumpkin seeds
I've been making roasted pumpkin seeds for probably 25 years now; before that it was a family tradition. My recipe has evolved over the years. Here's the current recipe. 1. Scoop the seeds out of a large pumpkin, separating them from any big pieces pumpkin gunk. 2. Put them in a colander and rinse well. This should take most of the residual pumpkin off of them. (If a few … [Read more...]
The Cloud Museum by Beth Spencer published by Sixteen Rivers Press
Empty Mirror contributor Beth Spencer's poetry collection, The Cloud Museum was recently published by Sixteen Rivers Press. “This collection dives deep. In The Cloud Museum, Beth Spencer leads us on a physical and spiritual journey into two worlds. . . . These poems are conjuring spells. Rich in imagist language, Spencer’s poems transcend simple explanation as they transform … [Read more...]
Faleeha Hassan’s poetry collection, Breakfast for Butterflies, released
Published by Inner Child Press, Breakfast for Butterflies is the twenty-first collection of poems written by poet Faleeha Hassan, and the first published in English. Born in Iraq and now living in the New Jersey, Faleeha Hassan is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright. She has received many awards in Iraq and throughout the Middle East for her poetry and short … [Read more...]
Joost de Jonge paintings exhibited in San Diego through September 2018
Alexander Salazar Fine Art presents an exhibition of paintings by Joost de Jonge is up the month of September at: 225 Market St San Diego, CA 92101 USA +1 (619) 851-0760 If you're in Southern California this month, be sure not to miss it! … [Read more...]
William Bortz’s chapbook, The Sky Grew Back with Clouds, published
The Sky Grew Back with Clouds by William Bortz was published on August 26, 2018. It's the first installment of a chapbook poetry series entitled "make time to breathe today". This chapbook, like the series itself, focuses on the relationship we have with nature. How we ingest a stale afternoon or a swelling moon. Accompanying the nature theme is the ebb and flow of … [Read more...]
EM’s newsletter and submissions
The EM newsletter. EM's newsletter missed a few weeks while I retooled it. (There were some formatting errors everytime it sent over the past couple months.) It took me a while to figure out what was going on and to do something about it, as I've had a lot going on with my day job and family -- and with editing EM -- this summer, and some things have had to go on the back … [Read more...]
Passing Through: Paintings by Sky Pape at Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID, July-August 2018
New York artist Sky Pape creates process-based, abstract works on paper that are subtly impactful. With organic sweeps of ink and bright flashes of color Pape is able to balance soft and hard edges. Her exhibition, “Passing Through,” will be at Gilman Contemporary in Ketchum, Idaho, July-August 2018. Gilman Contemporary 661 Sun Valley Road Ketchum, … [Read more...]
hiromi suzuki’s logbook published by Hesterglock Press
hiromi suzuki's logbook was published on March 17, 2018 by Hesterglock Press. logbook features, in color, 96 pages of hiromi's visual poetry / poem brut. It's available for £10.00 + postage worldwide and can be ordered from Hesterglock via email. Bruno Neiva says, "logbook is a collection of collages reminiscent of Hannah Höch and Kurt Schwitters, occasionally combined … [Read more...]
Star Spider’s YA novel, Past Tense – book release and launch event
Empty Mirror contributor Star Spider's novel, Past Tense will soon be published by HarperCollins. Past Tense will be released April 10, 2018 (and will be available at Amazon). Past Tense is a debut YA novel about Julie Nolan—a pretty average girl with pretty average problems. She’s been in love with her best friend, Lorelei, ever since they met in grade three. Only Lorelei … [Read more...]
River Nocturne by Z.G. Tomaszewski now available for pre-order
Z.G. Tomaszewski's poetry book, River Nocturne will be published by Finishing Line Pressin in the summer of 2018 and is now available for pre-order. Advance Praise “Tomaszewski is mystic and realist. These poems engage with the world, with the ordinary, with palpable, and with all we have in common, while also transcending all of it, seeing it from greater and greater … [Read more...]
Zackary Lavoie’s debut poetry chapbook, Upheavals, released
Empty Mirror contributor Zackary Lavoie's debut poetry chapbook, Upheavals has just been released by Pond Bench Press. There are two ways to get your copy of Upheavals: -- Order a signed copy directly from Zack his website. A dollar from each sale will be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). -- Buy at Amazon. Roy G. Guzmán, author of the … [Read more...]
Rik Lina art exhibit: Coral Bouquets, Amsterdam, March 25, 2018
CORAL BOUQUETS acrylic paintings on wood HET TUINHUIS FAGELSTRAAT 52A -1052GE - AMSTERDAM 25 March - 3-7 * 2018 Rik Lina's CORAL BOUQUETS paintings will be exhibited in Amsterdam. To view the paintings, download the PDF: Rik Lina - Coral Bouquets, Amsterdam Rik says: The paintings all have the same subject: coral polyps in movement. On the coral reef a very … [Read more...]
All-art issue: in memory of Eileen Enck
This special all-art issue is dedicated to the memory of my late mother-in-law, Eileen Enck. Born in January, she owned the Eileen Enck Gallery in Bellevue, Washington where she featured the work of many Pacific Northwest artists. While the style of artworks in this issue are quite different than those which Eileen exhibited in her gallery, they share the spirit of joy and … [Read more...]
Trish Hopkinson’s new poetry collection, Footnote, reviewed by Matthew J. Hall
Trish Hopkinson's newest poetry collection, Footnote, was published by Lithic Press. Matthew J. Hall recently reviewed Footnote on his blog, Screaming with Brevity. You can also read Trish's post about the review. … [Read more...]
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Empty Mirror: Fundraiser
As Empty Mirror has grown, so have our costs, especially for web hosting, backup, and software updates. It's getting difficult for me to keep up. Empty Mirror is owned and edited solely by me, has no academic or publishing affiliations, and receives zero funding from outside sources. Money is always very tight. I hate to have to ask for help, but it's become necessary. … [Read more...]
North of Oxford: Call for Submissions
North of Oxford, a journal of book reviews, essays, commentary, and poems is open for submissions. North of Oxford is edited by Diane Sahms-Guarnieri and g. emil reutter. Guidelines can be found here. … [Read more...]
Michael McClure reads from Persian Pony in B.C. October 18/19
Michael McClure's poetry collection, Persian Pony, has just been published by Ekstasis Editions. He's in British Columbia this week for a reading and performance. Poetry Reading Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:30pm Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre 515 Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Canada FREE EVENT -- more info Poetry and Jazz Performance Saturday, … [Read more...]
Joost de Jonge solo show in Cologny, Geneva, November 2017
Joost de Jonge announces his upcoming solo show, "Icarus et l'Infini/invitation au voyage," at the Centre Culturel du Manoir in Cologny, Geneva. Please see details in the image below, or down load the flyer for the exhibition. … [Read more...]
Book release — I Am the Revolutionary: Young Jack Kerouac by Paul Maher Jr.
Paul Maher Jr.'s new Kerouac biography, I Am the Revolutionary: Young Jack Kerouac, takes the reader from Kerouac's childhood years in Lowell, Massachusetts through his World War II years in New York City and across America, where the hapless writer searches for his voice as a writer and an artist. Using archival material such as journals, notebooks, diaries and letters as … [Read more...]
Play Yr Kardz Right by Marcus Slease published by Dostoyevsky Wannabe
Empty Mirror contributor Marcus Slease's new 106-page collection of poetry, Play Yr Kardz Right, has just been released by Dostoyevsky Wannabe. "Marcus Slease’s gentle & generous engagements with the ephemera of almost-everyday life, coupled with a variant of bill bissett’s Lunarian English, and a sensuous, curious, cosmopolitan, and compassionate world-view, make this … [Read more...]
The Empty Mirror interview at All New Swimmer’s Club
Denise Enck was interviewed by All New Swimmer's Club about Empty Mirror. Check out the interview and see what she has to say about EM, the meaning of its name, the office, publishing, and local inspirations. And, of course, swimming! All New Swimmer's Club is an online arts and independent culture magazine based in Manchester, UK. It's run by the same folks behind the … [Read more...]
Empty Mirror is accepting submissions!
Empty Mirror accepts submissions continually -- no submission deadlines to worry about. We're looking for poetry, literary criticism, essays on literary and art-related topics, book reviews, interviews, and personal essays. Check out our submission guidelines. When you're ready, here's the submission form. Not sure what to send? Take a look at Empty Mirror to see what … [Read more...]
So I traveled a great deal: Tisa Walden, Joanne Kyger, and four more Northern California artists at the Matthew Marks Gallery
So I traveled a great deal.... July 6 - August 18, 2017 Monday -Friday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Matthew Marks Gallery 522 W 22 Street, New York Featuring six Northern California artists: Tisa Walden (photos from her book, San Francisco in the 21st Century); Joanne Kyger (the 1968 video, Descartes); Jordan Belson (paintings and drawings); Isabella Kirkland (paintings), … [Read more...]
Where Epics Fail: Aphorisms on Art, Morality and Spirit by Yahia Lababidi now available for pre-order
Yahia Lababidi's 7th book, a collection of 800 aphorisms written over a 10 year period, Where Epics Fail: Aphorisms on Art, Morality and Spirit is now available for pre-order. When you pre-order Where Epics Fail, your name will be included in the first limited edition of 500 hardcover copies as a thank you. Penguin Random House will produce and distribute the trade edition. … [Read more...]
Jean Cocteau Quotes
"A true poet rarely bothers with poetry. Does a gardener perfume his roses?" Empty Mirror just launched the CocteauQuotes account on Twitter. Most of the quotations are drawn from Professional Secrets: An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau Drawn from his Lifetime Writings by Robert Phillips. This book was originally published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux in 1970; I own the … [Read more...]
Stephen Bett’s poetry collection, UnWired, published by BlazeVOX
BlazeVOX [books] has published Stephen Bett's 18th collection of poems, UnWired. The 124-page book is available for purchase at: BlazeVOX Amazon Stephen Bett is a widely and internationally published Canadian poet. While his earlier work is known for its sassy, caustic wit, his more recent books are known for their minimalist subtlety. Many are tightly sequenced … [Read more...]
