Did you know Hammond Guthrie? Hammond passed in October 2019. An artist and writer, he founded and edited the online literary/art journal, The 3rd Page: A Journal of Ongrowing Natures (2002-2007), … [Read more...]
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Language of Birds, with art by Rik Lina, published
Language of Birds, a new work in the spirit of play, includes original surrealist artwork by Rik Lina alongside nine poetic texts about birdsong and avian behavior by Allan Graubard. Published by Anon … [Read more...]
Ways We Vanish by Todd Dillard available for pre-order
Ways We Vanish, Todd Dillard's debut poetry collection, navigates the grief following the loss of a loved one, while also starting a new life and becoming a parent. It peels back the layers of … [Read more...]
Two Novels by Mike Corrao is now available!
Empty Mirror contributor Mike Corrao's new book, Two Novels, released on November 19, 2019, can now be ordered from Orson's Publishing. Two Novels explores loss and confusion in this strange … [Read more...]
Some G*ddamn Horses!: Silas Plum Art Show, October 11 in The Plains, VA
Youngblood Art Studio presents Some G*ddamn Horses!, an exploration of the equine form featuring sculpture by Lilla Ohrstrom and paintings by Silas Plum. Wild Mongolian Horse Rider Katie Hasse will … [Read more...]
Wm. Anthony Connolly’s debut poetry collection, Psalms and Stones
Empty Mirror contributor Wm. Anthony Connolly's debut poetry collection, Psalms and Stones has just been published by Spartan Press. It's available for purchase now at Barnes & Noble and … [Read more...]
Letter Wheels by Nico Vassilakis now available
Timglaset has just published a large format artist's book containing nine of Nico Vassilakis' letter wheels. It's limited to only 60 copies and is available now from Timglaset for €10.00. From the … [Read more...]
Gregory Corso – The Gold Standard record release
Jared Feldschreiber’s debut novella, Reckless Abandon, published
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [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 … [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 … [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. … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
Support Empty Mirror as you do your shopping
Planning on doing some shopping? When you buy anything after clicking one of the affiliate links below, we receive a small commission which helps to keep Empty Mirror online. AbeBooks offers … [Read more...]
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 … [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 … [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, … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
