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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

Bruno Sourdin interview with Gary Cummiskey

Anything Can Happen: Bruno Sourdin in conversation with Gary Cummiskey

Gary Cummiskey

Who the Hell is Stew Albert?

Who the Hell is Stew Albert? A Memoir, reviewed by Hammond Guthrie

Hammond Guthrie

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

boundary road / credit: em

Sky Pieces: three poems by Michael Lehman

Michael Lehman

Huntington Pier / Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmh4you/84188300/ b r e n t

Four Poems by George Moore

George Moore

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kerouac and Van Gogh -- Paul Maher Jr.

This is IT: Van Gogh and Kerouac

Paul Maher Jr.

Jack Kerouac - The Sea is My Brother

A “lost” Jack Kerouac letter found . . . and “lost” again.

Paul Maher Jr.

Big Sur film - Kerouac

Jack Kerouac – “Big Sur” Movie Trailer

Denise Enck

Big Sur - Jack Kerouac

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Day Owl (detail) by merlin flower

3 paintings by Merlin Flower

Merlin Flower

Dream Sequence 2 (detail) - Jonathan K. Rice

Dream Sequences

Jonathan K. Rice

More Art

Essays

Dearly Beloved - Nanette Jordan

Dearly Beloved, Part I: Growing up in 1950s San Francisco

Nanette Jordan

d nolan jefferson

They Saved Me from Myself by D. Nolan Jefferson

D. Nolan Jefferson

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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