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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

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake's Influence on Allen Ginsberg by Alexandre Ferrere

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake’s Influence on Allen Ginsberg

Alexandre Ferrere

Who the Hell is Stew Albert?

Who the Hell is Stew Albert? A Memoir, reviewed by Hammond Guthrie

Hammond Guthrie

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

war flower poem

A poem by Mohammad Afandideh

Mohammad Afandideh

southbound / credit: em

Five poems on the Beat Generation

Alan Catlin

More Poetry

Beat Generation

The Rebirth of the Author in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Eric V. Patterson

Kill Your Darlings Movie Trailer

Beat Generation film – Kill Your Darlings trailer released!

Empty Mirror News

city lights books

A.D. Winans on A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans

Seymour Wyse, Horace Mann School, 1940, courtesy of Dave Moore

Kerouac — “My really best friend…” an interview with Seymour Wyse by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Blue Bird Cult - Mette Norrie

Blue Bird Cult

Mette Norrie

Four Owls (detail) - Francesca Badea

The Owls Series by Francesca Badea

Francesca Badea

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Essays

d nolan jefferson

They Saved Me from Myself by D. Nolan Jefferson

D. Nolan Jefferson

Icarus / credit: de

Icarus Regrets Every Tired Muscle

Wm. Anthony Connolly

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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