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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

D.H. Lawrence's Pansies, Nettles, and More Pansies: A Jeremiad by Kenneth Pobo

D.H. Lawrence’s Pansies, Nettles, and More Pansies: A Jeremiad

Kenneth Pobo

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

David Gitin’s Ten Favorite Books

David Gitin

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

drew gardner poems

Poems by Drew Gardner

Drew Gardner

Rocket Ship Mural

3 Poems by Nate Maxson

Nate Maxson

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (2)

Empty Mirror

Jack Kerouac - The Sea is My Brother

A “lost” Jack Kerouac letter found . . . and “lost” again.

Paul Maher Jr.

Railroad Earth - Photo is Road to Nowhere by Blue Betty via http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bluebetty, photoshopped by Empty Mirror

October in the Railroad Earth – Jack Kerouac

Empty Mirror

Kerouac notebooks

Are There Any Good Unpublished Kerouac Books Left?

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

House Cat, Abandoned Planet Bookstore, San Francisco, 2000

A. D. Winans: 11 Photographs

A.D. Winans

József Bíró - visual poetry

Visual poetry by József Bíró

József Bíró

More Art

Essays

Threshold_2 (detail) Tara K Shepersky

Conversations at Thresholds: a Contemplative Offering

Tara K. Shepersky

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part I) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

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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