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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

steppenwolf

Poet A.D. Winans’ Top Ten Books List

Top Ten List Contributor

Agustín Guambo, Andean Nuclear Spring, translated by Carlos Moreno

Carlos Moreno, Translator of Agustín Guambo’s Andean Nuclear Spring, Interviewed by Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

semiahmoo / credit: em

from Borderline Fortune: Three poems by Teresa K. Miller

Teresa K. Miller

ten mile / credit: d.e.

Three poems by Linda E. Chown

Linda E. Chown

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Vincent Zangrillo

Remembering Vincent Zangrillo

Empty Mirror

Marlie Centawer - a toast to ti-jean in a liverpool gloom saloon

a toast to ti-jean in a liverpool gloom saloon

Marlie Centawer

Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Book Review — Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

ted joans photo by larry keenan (lo res)

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

Rik Lina

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Bandoleros (detail) by Tina Garvin

Mixed Media Paintings by Tina Garvin

Tina Garvin

Stepping out (detail) - collage by Gary Cummiskey

Eleven Collages by Gary Cummiskey

Gary Cummiskey

More Art

Essays

Darla

Notes on the Sacred Art of Dog Walking

Chris La Tray

Sait Faik Abasiyanik

Sait Faik Abasiyanik: The Man Who Faithfully Embraces the World

Nazli Karabiyikoglu

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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