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Ted Joans Lives! A Tribute

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Ted Joans Lives!

When Charlie Parker died, Ted Joans coined the phrase 'BIRD LIVES' and wrote it in chalk or charcoal on walls. Laura Corsiglia suggests that we remember Ted in the same way:GRAB SOME SIDEWALK CHALK OR … [Read more...]

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

Michael McClure

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

THE ARTIST for Bruce Conner THE ARTIST has faces that are nude ladies and feathers. Women pose in the visage of the whirlpool raising bare arms and arching bare thighs. Tentacles of … [Read more...]

Remembering Ted Joans – Beat / Surrealist Poet & Artist

Denise Enck

Laura Corsiglia and Ted Joans

Tributes & Celebrations: TED JOANS LIVES! A TRIBUTE is found on this website. To contribute, please email us. A celebration of Ted Joans' life took place in Vancouver B.C. on Wednesday, May … [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.

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