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We've been selling hard-to-find & collectible Beat Generation, counterculture, art & poetry books since June, 2000. We also offer info (articles, interviews, photos...) about the Beat Generation & counterculture, and modern arts.

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Specialties are the Beat poets, modern poetry & arts of the 1950s-1970s. Browse the shelves.

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Newest Features!

Patriotism by Edwin Romond

Edwin Romond's moving new poem, Patriotism, is inspired by the Bush Administration's response the deaths of troops serving in the Iraq War.

Read "Patriotism" here.

Eric D. Lehman Reviews Gary Snyder

Eric D. Lehman's latest review considers Gary Snyder's collection of essays on our place in nature, The Practice of the Wild.

We bet you'll also enjoy Eric's previous reviews of books by Jack Kerouac and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Music of the 1960s & 1970s

Musical Gems from the 1960s & 1970s

Empty Mirror contributor Siggy reviews 25 noteworthy albums from the sixties and seventies, many of which have been overlooked in the intervening years. Even those with huge music collections are bound to find something new here.

Check out Siggy's musical gems...

Down by Law: The Loneliness of Jim Jarmusch

Siddarth Pillai explores the art of director Jim Jarmusch in his article, "Down by Law: The Loneliness of Jim Jarmusch".
Beat Generation

A.D. Winans and the Beat Generation

A.D. Winans puts the Beat Generation in context, exploring its roots in San Francisco, its legacy, the North Beach scene, and the poets and writers who, like Winans, were there through it all. Read "A.D. Winans Looks Back at the Beat Generation...
(And, be sure not to miss the article, "A.D. Winans on A.D. Winans.")

New Poem by A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans reflects on history, change and hope in his poem, Looking Back.

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We're looking for articles, biographies, reviews, essays, and interviews to publish here at EmptyMirrorBooks.com. If you've written something about modern poetry, the Beat Generation, modern art, music (jazz, folk, rock, blues, alt. country), or along related lines, well, it may be just right for us. Learn more here.

Beat Generation, Bob Dylan & Counterculture Photos

Michael McClure, Bob Dylan & Allen Ginsberg photo by Larry KeenanLarry Keenan's Beat Generation & Counterculture Photos, is a visual trip through 40 years of American counterculture.

Larry's subjects include Beat Generation poets & artists, Bob Dylan, Bay Area rock bands & much more.