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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

Mr. Henry David Thoreau

I Am Nothing: Thoughts on Thoreau

Paul Maher Jr.

Complete Fiction Bruno Schulz

Ten Favorite Books List Contributed by Little

Top Ten List Contributor

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Poems by Sam Silva

The Light Within the Darkness and two more poems

Sam Silva

lichen - Denise Enck

Todd Clouser: five poems from the Forest in Hidalgo

Todd Clouser

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Book Review — Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

Kerouac: The Last Quarter Century by Gerald Nicosia book review

Kerouac: The Last Quarter Century by Gerald Nicosia, reviewed by Kevin Riordan

Kevin Riordan

ken kesey books

Remembering Ken Kesey

Jason Reott

The Rebirth of the Author in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Eric V. Patterson

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Insomniac 3 - Fine art photography by Fabio Sassi

Insomniacs: Photography by Fabio Sassi

Fabio Sassi

Five Pieces by Rose Knapp

Rose Knapp

More Art

Essays

in the window / image by de from photo by milada vigerova

essays in the face of uncertainties

rob mclennan

Art has side effects, I said - Bobbi Lurie - Marcel Duchamp

“Art has side effects,” I said.

Bobbi Lurie

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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