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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

franz marc writings - jean marie carey

Between Something and Nothing: Franz Marc’s Authorial Ether

Jean Marie Carey

Walt Whitman's Talbot Wilson Notebook page

Visionary Markings: Em Dashes and Ellipses in Walt Whitman’s “Talbot Wilson” Notebook

Tom Holmes

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Padden mist / credit: em

Two poems by Faizan Syed

Faizan Syed

the door / credit: em

Long Before the Peaceful Song: Poems

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kerouac: On the Binge by Kenton Crowther

Book Review – Kenton Crowther’s Kerouac on the Binge

Denise Enck

OTR cover - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindsaydeebunny/4502353209/

Jack Kerouac’s Books

Empty Mirror

The Creative Birth of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Creative Birth

Paul Maher Jr.

Philip Whalen

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

geranium 2

All-art issue: in memory of Eileen Enck

Denise Enck

on painting on

On Painting On

Nanette Jordan

More Art

Essays

Seizure - essay by Stephanie Andersen

Seizure

Stephanie Andersen

eyes on 8 by Emilie Kneifel

eyes on / horizon by Emilie Kneifel

Emilie Kneifel

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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