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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

Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts - Jorie Graham

“No, this was all first person”: Revisiting Jorie Graham’s Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts

Timothy Duffy

Jean Stafford’s Boston Adventure: Tradition and the Talented Individual by Linda Chown

Jean Stafford’s Boston Adventure: Tradition and the Talented Individual

Linda E. Chown

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

In Jay DeFeo ‘s Voice: Six Poems by Beth Spencer

Beth Spencer

Ada Lovelace

3 poems by Vivian Wagner

Vivian Wagner

More Poetry

Beat Generation

William Burroughs, portrait by Graziano Origa, pen & ink, 1997

Junk Nightmares

Lee Watkins

Max Douglas poetry

Max Douglas, Poet

Empty Mirror

Kerouac notebooks

Are There Any Good Unpublished Kerouac Books Left?

Paul Maher Jr.

Beatitude 50th Anniversary - Latif Harris

Book Review — Beatitude Golden Anniversary: 1959-2009

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Magick 18 (detail) Visual poetry by Kon Markogiannis

Visual poetry by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

Unexpected As the Twist of a Kiss (detail) - collage by Bill Wolak

12 collages by Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak

More Art

Essays

Lexington Avenue by Jeffrey Zeldman

Lexington Avenue

Buku Sarkar

Marlie Centawer

Subterranean Boy

Marlie Centawer

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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