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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

Jason Stoneking and Celia Daley

Bespoke Books: An interview with Jason Stoneking

Jason Stoneking and Celia Galey

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Joseph Severn - Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Shelley on the 4th August, His Birthday – Heathcote Williams

Heathcote Williams

Le Khmer Bleu (detail) by J. H. Martin

Dew Drops: Four Poems

J. H. Martin

More Poetry

Beat Generation

ted joans photo by larry keenan (lo res)

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Rik Lina, Hammond Guthrie, Richard Krech and more

Rik Lina

boundary road, with blueberries

Juxtaposition of Wor[l]ds: The Cultural and Literary Legacy of the Beat Generation

Eric V. Patterson

The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

Kerouac: On the Binge by Kenton Crowther

Book Review – Kenton Crowther’s Kerouac on the Binge

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

actual size collage (detail) - Steve Dalachinsky

Five poems and four collages by Steve Dalachinsky

Steve Dalachinsky

The Yellow Line (detail) - Fabio Sassi

The Yellow Line

Fabio Sassi

More Art

Essays

20 east / credit: de

Are Hungry Ghosts Just Ghosts with Borderline Personality Disorder?

Courtney Cook

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part IV) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

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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