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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

Realism: How Realistic Is It?

Realism: Just How Real Is It?

Dennis Vanatta

Infinite Jesting: On the Unbearable Lightness of Our Time

Infinite Jesting: On the Unbearable Lightness of Our Time

Carlos Cunha

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Mt. Baker, Washington

All the Notes of the World Symphony by Serkan Engin

Serkan Engin

rain storm

Rain Poem

A.D. Winans

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Moving Towards the Light: the Triumph of Spirituality in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Moving Towards the Light: The Triumph of Spirituality in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Jessica Clark

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (9)

Empty Mirror

Beatitude 50th Anniversary - Latif Harris

Book Review — Beatitude Golden Anniversary: 1959-2009

Denise Enck

city lights books

A.D. Winans on A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Strength (detail) - Emma Anna

The Tarot of the Golden Scissors: collages by Emma Anna

Emma Anna

Blanc Casse 7 (detail)

Blanc Casse: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

More Art

Essays

Denise Enck

Marshmallow Forest

Melissa Wiley

photo by Laura Johnson

Desert Alignment

Laura Johnson

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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