My work in Mirrors

by

John J. Dunphy

I discovered Mirrors in 1991. Founded and edited by Jane Reichhold (1937–2016), Mirrors was subscriber-produced. One took out a subscription and sent in a page of work, which was published in the next issue.

As you can see, I still used the old manual typewriter I had owned since high school. It was an Adler portable made in what was then West Germany. The very last page, however, was created on my ten-fiancee’s Tandy 1000 from Radio Shack.

(Summer 1991 issue)

(Autumn 1991 issue)

(I had this letter published in the Summer 1992 issue. It drew a response from Marlene Mountain, which was published in the next issue. Jane so mangled this letter that she felt compelled to republish it).

(Summer 1992)

(Winter 1993 issue)

(Summer 1993)

My first poem in Images 3 really stunned Jane)

(Winter 1993 issue)

(Winter 1993 issue)

(Winter 1994 issue)

(Winter 1995 — final — issue)

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Old Soldiers Fading Away, Zen Koanhead, Touching Each Tree, pagan rites, Bullet Cluster, Stellar Possibilities and Dark Nebulae. He is also the author of non-fiction works such as Unsung Heroes of the Dachau Trials: The Investigative Work of the U.S. Army 7708 War Crimes Group, 1945–1947. He owns the The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL, USA