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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

Scattered Clouds: New and Selected Poems by Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones interviews poet Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones

Phillis Wheatley Biography - Richard Kigel

An interview with Richard Kigel, author of Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley

Richard Kigel and Denise Enck

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

no. 9 / d.enck

Three poems by John T. Trigonis

John T. Trigonis

2 Poems by Craig Kocij

2 Poems by Craig Kocij

Craig Kocij

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Laura Corsiglia and Ted Joans

Remembering Ted Joans – Beat / Surrealist Poet & Artist

Denise Enck

A.D. Winans & Jack Micheline in 1996

A.D. Winans Remembers Jack Micheline

A.D. Winans

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake's Influence on Allen Ginsberg by Alexandre Ferrere

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake’s Influence on Allen Ginsberg

Alexandre Ferrere

kerouac on the road scroll fragment

Cut-Up (The Stolen Scroll)

Bill Ectric

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Room of a Writer - Elza Zijlstra

TrashWorks: Collages from beachtrash and vintage magazines

Elza Zijlstra

Shadowplay II by Anthony Flynn (detail)

Shadows: Art by Anthony Flynn

Anthony Flynn

More Art

Essays

Home (detail). Photo by Tara Shepersky.

Love Song for a River Bank

Tara K. Shepersky

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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