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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

Scattered Clouds: New and Selected Poems by Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones interviews poet Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones

Harold's, San Pedro; image copyright Marshall Astor, Food Fetishist, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/125389576/ / CC BY CA

Joints

John O'Kane

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

pieces of the story / credit: de

At the Carnival of Drunken Poets

Alfred K. LaMotte

nest / emb

Three Poems by Andrew Galan

Andrew Galan

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Beat Generation

On the Road manuscript scroll - Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Manuscript Scroll

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goodbye, ted joans - jack foley

Jack Foley: Goodbye, Ted Joans

Jack Foley

Ruth Weiss / copyright Horst Spandler

In honor of ruth weiss on her 85th birthday

Horst Spandler

The First Third - Neal Cassady

Who was Neal Cassady?

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Black and White (detail) - Janina Aza Karpinska collage

Four collages by Janina Aza Karpinska

Janina Aza Karpinska

J.I. Kleinberg - word collages

6 found-word collages by J.I. Kleinberg

J. I. Kleinberg

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Essays

Sait Faik Abasiyanik

Sait Faik Abasiyanik: The Man Who Faithfully Embraces the World

Nazli Karabiyikoglu

map and coffee / via unsplash

Becoming Jill Kerouac

Amelia Hruby

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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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