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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

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

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Lucien Stryk: Zen in the art of translating Zen poetry

Yannis Livadas

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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Two poems by Risa Denenberg

Risa Denenberg

7 new poems by Sam Silva

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kerouac Vanity of Duluoz

Book Review — Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

Larry Keenan, Photographer

About photographer Larry Keenan

Denise Enck

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

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

Rik Lina

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Cory Peeke - Counting Sheep (detail)

Higher Education: 11 collages by Cory Peeke

Cory Peeke

On Henry James erasure poem by Andre Bagoo

On Henry James: Four Erasure Poems by Andre Bagoo

Andre Bagoo

More Art

Essays

White Jesus -- Todd Clouser

White Jesus – A reflection on summer camp and Charlottesville

Todd Clouser

Denise Enck

Marshmallow Forest

Melissa Wiley

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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