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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

A Wreath for William H. Gass by Alex Lanz

A Wreath for William H. Gass

Alex Lanz

(detail) Bottle, Carafe, Jug and Lemons

Lemon Calls to Lemon: The Visual Poetics of D. H. Lawrence, Jack Spicer, and Robert Kroetsch

Ty Clever

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Ada Lovelace

3 poems by Vivian Wagner

Vivian Wagner

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Two poems from Stilled Somewhere Possible by Cheryl Pallant

Cheryl Pallant

More Poetry

Beat Generation

David Amram, Ed Heflin & Joe Kerouac. © Ed Heflin, 2003

An Interview with David Amram: By Your Works Ye Shall Be Known

Ed Heflin

Iron Curtain Journals by Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg’s Iron Curtain Journals, reviewed by Marc Olmsted

Marc Olmsted

Mary Norbert Korte

Denise Enck

Far-Flung Fragments of Forgotten Kerouaciana

A Few Far-Flung Fragments of Forgotten Kerouaciana

Gregory Stephenson

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Burrs 1 (detail) by Cam Scott

Visual poetry by Cam Scott: Spools/Burrs (for Clark Coolidge)

Cam Scott

Porcelain Blue (detail) - Rhed Fawell collage

Rhed Fawell: Collage and Embroidery

Rhed Fawell

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Essays

credit: Viktor Dukov / Unsplash

Birds, Caves, Time by Nels Hanson

Nels Hanson

Union Pacific / copyright http://foter.com/portfolio/slambo-4/

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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