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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

Bukowski letter to Robert Bly. Joshua Preston

“Said God, Scratching His Naked Belly in a Kitchen”: Charles Bukowski to Robert Bly

Joshua Preston

Mt. Baker seen from Mt. Watson. Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bthompson/5011625855/ Ben Thompson

Nature As Muse: The World of Fine Writing

Doug Scott

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

yes86 by d.enck

Oral History of a Touch-Starved Maniac: 2 poems by Sage

Sage

Everson / credit: de

3 poems by Alexis Quinlan

Alexis Quinlan

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kerouac: On the Binge by Kenton Crowther

Book Review – Kenton Crowther’s Kerouac on the Binge

Denise Enck

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

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

a toast to ti-jean in a liverpool gloom saloon

Marlie Centawer

Ted Joans WOW sun logo

Ted Joans Lives! Coreley Coit, Kenya Rodriguez, Valery Oisteanu, Hidani Ditmars

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Nanette Jordan collage art

Portrait Collages by Nanette Jordan

Nanette Jordan

Magick 18 (detail) Visual poetry by Kon Markogiannis

Visual poetry by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

More Art

Essays

lake padden

Something About Rage and the Light Dying

Jason Hardung

The Baby in the Air

Max King Cap

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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