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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

Five Past Noon: Reading Darkness at Noon in Trump’s America

Five Past Noon: Reading Darkness at Noon in Trump’s America

Michael Huguenor

Paul Bowles. Photo by Birgit Stephenson

Calling on Paul Bowles: Tangier, Morocco, August 1979

Gregory Stephenson

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Semiahmoo window (detail) / photo by Denise Enck

Six poems by Zheng Xiaoqiong/郑小琼, translated from Chinese by Zhou Xiaojing

Zhou Xiaojing and Zheng Xiaoqiong

any day america

America – a poem by A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans

More Poetry

Beat Generation

David Amram / Ted Joans

David Amram: To Laura for Ted Joans

David Amram

goodbye, ted joans - jack foley

Jack Foley: Goodbye, Ted Joans

Jack Foley

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

Empty Mirror

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

dangle (detail) - merlin flower

3 Paintings by Merlin Flower

Merlin Flower

painting (detail) by Ishay Rossano

5 paintings by Ishay Rossano

Ishay Rossano

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Essays

Lexington Avenue by Jeffrey Zeldman

Lexington Avenue

Buku Sarkar

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The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

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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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