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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

Edward Field and partner Neil

Secret of the Masters: An Interview with Poet Edward Field

James Schwartz

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Charles Reznikoff’s “During the Second World War…” as Objectivist Ars Poetica

Chris Mustazza

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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The Muse is on the loose

Yannis Livadas

bison

A Prison Poem by Neeli Cherkovski

Neeli Cherkovski

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac - The Sea is My Brother

Addendum to “Lost Letter Found”

Paul Maher Jr.

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

seymour krim

Beat Generation Writer Seymour Krim

Mark Cohen

How Kerouac's haikus saved my life

How Kerouac’s haiku changed my life

Bridget McNulty

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Kombination 3 (detail) by Kon Markogiannis

Kombinations: Four collages by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

Verboten by Samy Sfoggia

Photography: Verboten by Samy Sfoggia

Samy Sfoggia

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Essays

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The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle

Jason Hardung

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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