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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

Beautiful Raft by Tina Barry

Beautiful Raft: An Interview with Tina Barry

Hannah Grieco and Tina Barry

Aldous Huxley's Dianetic Utopia

Aldous Huxley’s Dianetic Utopia

David Wills

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Everson / credit: de

3 poems by Alexis Quinlan

Alexis Quinlan

san juan / image: de

3 poems by Cooper Wilhelm

Cooper Wilhelm

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Bob Kaufman's Lonely Vigil by Michael Amundsen

Bob Kaufman’s Lonely Vigil – Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

Sean Negus

seymour krim

Beat Generation Writer Seymour Krim

Mark Cohen

Jerry Kamstra Weed, reviewed

On the Dangerous Edge of Things: Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler by Jerry Kamstra, reviewed by Gregory Stephenson

Gregory Stephenson

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

watercolor (detail)- Mattina Blue

Traveling Home: watercolors by Mattina Blue

Mattina Blue

Horse Latitudes by Chris Wilson

Book Review – Horse Latitudes by Chris Wilson

Denise Enck

More Art

Essays

Aztek peak fire lookout - John Yohe / Edward Abbey

Aztec Summer

John Yohe

How to Be Silent in German

How to be silent in German

Kasia van Schaik

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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