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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

Andy Kaufman Still Alive?

Is Andy Kaufman Still Alive? The Evidence

Jack Bristow

Stephanie Dickinson and Rosalind Palermo Stevenson conversation

Writing Through Icons: Rosalind Palermo Stevenson and Stephanie Dickinson on Franz Kafka and Jean Seberg

Rosalind Palermo Stevenson and Stephanie Dickinson

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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Three poems by Taylor Byas

Taylor Byas

Stack - D. Raphael

Magic – Amy Fusselman

Amy Fusselman

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg

Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s birthday with a few videos

Denise Enck

Harry Nudel: Ted Joans LIves

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Harry Nudel

Harry Nudel

The First Third - Neal Cassady

Who was Neal Cassady?

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In honor of Jack’s birthday: 4 Kerouac videos

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Horse Latitudes by Chris Wilson

Book Review – Horse Latitudes by Chris Wilson

Denise Enck

Konstruktion B (detail) - Kon Markogiannis collage

Four collages by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

More Art

Essays

Rebecca LaFontaine-Larivee - Richard's Coat: Remembering Richard Irwin

Richard’s Coat: Remembering Richard Irwin

Rebecca LaFontaine-Larivee

Marlie Centawer

Subterranean Boy

Marlie Centawer

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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