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Empty Mirror 25th Anniversary

Empty Mirror celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 31, 2025! While we are currently on hiatus, we invite you to enjoy a quarter century of writing and art in our archives.

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On Literature

Boats for Women - poems by Sandra Yannone

Boats for Women: An Interview with Poet Sandra Yannone

Lauren Davis and Sandra Yannone

Tin House 2014 notebook

Fully Aboard the Flesh Wagon: Tin House Writers Workshop, Summer 2014

Randy Osborne

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Juan Arabia: 5 poems translated by Katherine M. Hedeen

Katherine M. Hedeen and Juan Arabia

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5 Poems by Colin Dodds

Colin Dodds

More Poetry

Beat Generation

William S. Burroughs and Cats

The Guardian and the Familiar: William S. Burroughs and Cats

Lee Watkins

Juan Arabia - Jack Kerouac

Beatnik / Kerouac and Rock ‘n Roll: Two essays by Juan Arabia

Juan Arabia

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

For collectors: where and how to buy Beat Generation books (and others)

Denise Enck

Larry Keenan, Photographer

About photographer Larry Keenan

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

The place where someone's waiting for me (detail) : collage by hiromi suzuki

The place where someone’s waiting for me: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

Lauralee Sikorski

Almost There: Paintings by Lauralee Sikorski

Lauralee Sikorski

More Art

Essays

Joseph Magnin dress salon

Sleevelessness: Growing Up in Midcentury San Francisco by Nanette Jordan

Nanette Jordan

photo by Laura Johnson

Desert Alignment

Laura Johnson

More Essays

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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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