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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

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella's Magical Accessory

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella’s Magical Accessory

Robert Boucheron

Henry David Thoreau and John Brown

The Sons of Anak: Henry David Thoreau and John Brown

Paul Maher Jr.

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Salish Sea freighter / credit: de

3 poems by Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett

Boundary Road - d.enck

Two poems by Jim Richards

Jim Richards

More Poetry

Beat Generation

In honor of Jack’s birthday: 4 Kerouac videos

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Henri Cru in Greenwich Village, 1987. Photo courtesy of Henri Cru.

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

William S. Burroughs collage (detail) by Stephen James

Out to Lunch with William Burroughs: Who Owns the Dropper Owns the Fix

Leon Horton

William Burroughs, portrait by Graziano Origa, pen & ink, 1997

Junk Nightmares

Lee Watkins

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

The Eyes Have It (detail)- collage by Cherie Hunter Day

Six collages by Cherie Hunter Day

Cherie Hunter Day

Horse Latitudes by Chris Wilson

Book Review – Horse Latitudes by Chris Wilson

Denise Enck

More Art

Essays

photo by Yuxiang Zhang

Spot the Differences

Taylor Byas

the skagit trail / credit: em

Convergence

Etan Nechin

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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