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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

Alex Preston Books

David Handley’s interview with Author Alex Preston

David Handley

Allen Ginsberg photo by Larry Keenan / Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg: A Story of Influences

Alexandre Ferrere

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

spiral root / credit: de

Bread and Circus – a poem by Todd Clouser

Todd Clouser

third daydream / credit: em

Delayed Saleslady

Serkan Engin

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Ted Joans

I, Too, at the Beginning by Ted Joans

Ted Joans

Allen Ginsberg - HOWL

The Howl Hat

Jason Stoneking

Henri Cru in Greenwich Village, 1987. Photo courtesy of Henri Cru.

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

The Creative Birth of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Creative Birth

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

100 Percent Real Live Art (detail) - Silas Plum

Silas Plum: Cardboard Primitives

Silas Plum

Steve Dalachinsky mail art collage (detail)

Todd Swindell and Steve Dalachinsky: A Collage Mail Art Correspondence

Todd Swindell

More Art

Essays

The Baby in the Air

Max King Cap

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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