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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

Andy Kaufman Still Alive?

Is Andy Kaufman Still Alive? The Evidence

Jack Bristow

A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas reads “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”

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More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Skagit Snow / credit: D.Enck

Five poems by David Kherdian

David Kherdian

discovery / credit: de

from Evolutions: poems by Cheryl Pallant

Cheryl Pallant

More Poetry

Beat Generation

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

Sean Negus

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (12)

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In honor of Jack’s birthday: 4 Kerouac videos

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Kerouac Vanity of Duluoz

Book Review — Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Sleeping on Earth's Bed (detail) - Cristina Querrer

Silvery Twines, Embracing: Eight Paintings by Cristina Querrer

Cristina Querrer

The Yellow Line (detail) - Fabio Sassi

The Yellow Line

Fabio Sassi

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Essays

White Jesus -- Todd Clouser

White Jesus – A reflection on summer camp and Charlottesville

Todd Clouser

photo by Daniel Tseng / unsplash

Intimacy with Doors

Bára Hladík

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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