I grew up in Queens, New York. When I was seven years-old, I discovered my first creative outlet: writing. Since many of my stories were influenced by movie imagery, it was inevitable I would go to school for filmmaking.

The book that inspired me to write poetry seriously was Gabriel Garcia Marquez's densely lush The Autumn of the Patriarch. This work was an epiphany for me.

Some of my favorite fiction and poetry authors are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, H.P. Lovecraft, Ian McEwan, Arthur Rimbaud, Michael McClure, and Charles Bukowski.

In addition to my poetry collections, Venison and Dervish, I have written and directed films. My two shorts, Beer and Art  and Cave People, were well-received and played online and at festivals.

I have also penned a feature script - a dark comedy titled Proxy.

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 NEWS & REVIEWS

**LATEST NEWS**  5/03/13  Another new poem "Mosaic" is appearing in Clockwise Cat.

http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/2013/04/mosaic-by-james-mirarchi.html

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Another new poem "Dolls" is appearing in Bluepepper.

http://bluepepper.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-poetry-by-james-mirarchi_23.html

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My new poem "Thieves" is appearing in Bluepepper.

http://bluepepper.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-poetry-by-james-mirarchi.html

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My new poem "Velvet" is appearing in Clockwise Cat.

http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/2013/01/velvet-by-james-mirarchi.html

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Two new poems, "Boxes" and "Things," are appearing in Poydras Review.

http://www.poydrasreview.com/Read/Blog.php?id=5786401776018506154

http://www.poydrasreview.com/Read/Blog.php?id=4655431176890798555

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My new poem "Syringes" is appearing in The Recusant.

http://www.therecusant.org.uk/#/james-mirachi-poem/4572318921

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 My new poem "The Animator" is appearing in The Recusant.

 http://www.therecusant.org.uk/#/james-mirarchi-poem/4571313072

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My new poem "pinata" is appearing in The Mind[less] Muse.

http://themindlessmuse.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-poem-by-james-mirarchi.html

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My new poem "automobile" is appearing in Dead Snakes.

http://deadsnakes.blogspot.com/2012/10/james-mirarchi-poem.html

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My new poem "Zone" is appearing in gobbet.

http://gobbetmag.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/james-mirarchi-1-poem-2/

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My new poem "Monkeys" is appearing in Subliminal Interiors Magazine.

http://www.subliminalinteriors.net/2012-september/-lit/mirarchiJames.php

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My new poem "Chaser" is appearing in Boyslut (Adult Content).

http://boyslut.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/one-poem-james-mirarchi/

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My new poem "Kitsch" is appearing in gobbet.

http://gobbetmag.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/james-mirarchi-1-poem/

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My new poem "Cooler" is appearing in Poydras Review.

 http://www.poydrasreview.com/Poetry/files/James_Mirarchi.php 

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 My new poem "Censor" is appearing in Subliminal Interiors Magazine.

 http://subliminalinteriors.net/2012-june/-lit/mirarchiJames.php

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Two new poems of mine, "Suite" & "Ski," are appearing in Issue 16 of Crack the Spine Literary Magazine.

http://www.crackthespine.com/2012/03/crack-spine-issue-sixteen.html?spref=fb

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99 cents Kindle downloads of both my books - click below

http://www.amazon.com/Dervish-ebook/dp/B004XJ4V0E/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

http://www.amazon.com/Venison-ebook/dp/B004XJ55DG/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

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Unrelated book news - but here's a recent review of my short films (4th one down) 

http://www.mondo-digital.com/sickpicks19.html

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Here's my fourth review of my latest book Dervish

http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewMirachiDervish.html

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Here's another review of my first book Venison

http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewMirarchiVenison.html

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Here's my third review of my latest book Dervish.

 http://theboogle.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/dervish/

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Here's my second review of my latest book Dervish:

http://llbookreview.com/2009/11/review-119-dervish-by-james-mirarchi/

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Here's my first author interview! Click on the following:

http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/1416/1/A-Conversation-With-James-Mirachi-author-of-Dervish/Page1.html

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My second book Dervish has gotten its first review! Click on the following:

http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/1307/1/Dervish-Reviewed-By-Chris-Phillips-Of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

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The following is a review of my first book Venison by The Compulsive Reader:

http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2232