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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

Sara Coleridge

My Coleridge: On Five Poems by Sara Coleridge

Stephanie Limb

Afghanistan Sky / U.S. Army

The Consequences of Violence

Steven Thomas Howell

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Street Flowers by Alexis Doyen

A Song Which the Artist Inspires: Poems

Sam Silva

tomorrow / credit: d.e.

Two poems by Casimir Wojciech

Casimir Wojciech

More Poetry

Beat Generation

On the Road movie poster

The Official Kerouac “On the Road” Movie Trailer is Here!

Denise Enck

Allen Ginsberg Wait Til I'm Dead Uncollected Poems

Book Review — Wait Til I’m Dead: Uncollected Poems by Allen Ginsberg

Marc Olmsted

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

Empty Mirror

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

Sean Negus

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Dreamer (detail) by Rachel Davis

A Loss of Innocence: paintings by Rachel Davis

Rachel Davis

Burger Burglar: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

More Art

Essays

d nolan jefferson

They Saved Me from Myself by D. Nolan Jefferson

D. Nolan Jefferson

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

Nanette Jordan

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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