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Sinclair Beiles: A Man Apart

Josh Medsker

Sinclair Beiles - courtesy of GC - from the book Bone Hebrew

Sinclair Beiles was a South African writer associated with the Beat movement of the late 50s and early 60s. During the time of his earliest successes, he moved from South Africa to Paris, to live with … [Read more...]

Book Review – The Beat Hotel by Barry Miles

Hammond Guthrie

Barry Miles - Beat Hotel

With the July 2000 Grove Press release of The Beat Hotel, author (Barry) Miles revisits 9 rue Git-le-Coeur, an historic set of decaying digs amid a rat infested slum on the Left Bank of Paris, "a … [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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