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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

An interview with author Vanessa Blakeslee

Our Ironic Conditions are Shooting Back at Us: A Conversation with Vanessa Blakeslee

Madison Jade and Vanessa Blakeslee

At the Intersection of Linguistics and Literary Criticism: Objectivist Methodology in the Creation of Metalanguage(s) in Alain Robbe-Grillet’s La Jalousie

Preston Taylor Stone

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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6 poems by Bradford Middleton

Bradford Middleton

berthusen trail -- denise enck

3 poems by Kyle Harvey

Kyle Harvey

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac - The Sea is My Brother

Addendum to “Lost Letter Found”

Paul Maher Jr.

AD Winans remembers Bob Kaufman

A.D. Winans Remembers Bob Kaufman

A.D. Winans

grass

The Great Consciousness of Life

Paul Maher Jr.

Gregory Corso - Mindfield

About Gregory Corso

Empty Mirror

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

1Icarus (detail) - Joost de Jonge

Icarus: Paintings by Joost de Jonge

Joost de Jonge

Last Ride: Photographs by Fabio Sassi

Fabio Sassi

More Art

Essays

Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan

On Waiting

Yasmine Shamma

lake padden

Something About Rage and the Light Dying

Jason Hardung

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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