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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

D.H. Lawrence's Pansies, Nettles, and More Pansies: A Jeremiad by Kenneth Pobo

D.H. Lawrence’s Pansies, Nettles, and More Pansies: A Jeremiad

Kenneth Pobo

Lord of the Rings

Eric D. Lehman’s Ten Favorite Books

Top Ten List Contributor

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

discovery / credit: de

from Evolutions: poems by Cheryl Pallant

Cheryl Pallant

New Poems by Gary Cummiskey

Gary Cummiskey

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Carl Solomon - Mishaps, Perhaps

Two Songs for Samson: An Invective Poem for Carl Solomon

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

boundary road, with blueberries

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

Eric V. Patterson

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

Empty Mirror

Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

The Language of Bebop: Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

Nicole Henares

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Florilegia 3 (detail) by Tristan Stamm

The Florilegia Project

Tristan Stamm

9 Collages by Laura J. Stein

Laura J. Stein

More Art

Essays

The Seed

The Seed

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Are Made Of - essay by Tomoé Hill

Are Made Of

Tomoé Hill

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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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