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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

Srinivas Reddy

Sitar and Sanskrit: Bill Wolak Interviews Srinivas Reddy

Bill Wolak and Srinivas Reddy

Zlatko Anguelov

Love in the no-land space between two cultures: an interview with Zlatko Anguelov

Jasmina Tacheva

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

steve dalachinsky poem

the leaves are changing

Steve Dalachinsky

september 80 / image: d.enck

Three poems by Edgar Rincón Luna, translated by Toshiya Kamei

Edgar Rincón Luna and Toshiya Kamei

More Poetry

Beat Generation

grass

The Great Consciousness of Life

Paul Maher Jr.

The Road to Visions of Cody

The Road Toward Visions of Cody

Paul Maher Jr.

And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead: a review of the Bob Kaufman documentary

Jared Feldschreiber

Practice of the Wild - Gary Snyder

Book Review – The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

construction1 (detail) screenpainting by Shih Yun Yeo

Screenpaintings by Shih Yun Yeo

Shih Yun Yeo

Fabio Sassi - Lost Archive

Lost Archive

Fabio Sassi

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Essays

Panic Drapes the Look of the World: Literary Treatment for Anxiety in an Uncertain Age

Emily Sinclair

White Jesus -- Todd Clouser

White Jesus – A reflection on summer camp and Charlottesville

Todd Clouser

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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