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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

“Write What My Spirit Demands”: An Interview with Devorah Major on Writing in Multiple Genres

Rochelle Spencer and Devorah Major

Srinivas Reddy

Sitar and Sanskrit: Bill Wolak Interviews Srinivas Reddy

Bill Wolak and Srinivas Reddy

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Scudder Pond in Early Spring - Denise Enck

4 spring poems

Sam Silva

open / credit: de

Four poems by Katherine Fallon

Katherine Fallon

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Book Review — Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (10)

Empty Mirror

Kerouac books - French

The sardonic pilgrimage of Jack Kerouac

Yannis Livadas

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

Empty Mirror

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

rik lina - painting - surrealist - featured image

Rik Lina: 5 Paintings

Rik Lina

Shadowplay II by Anthony Flynn (detail)

Shadows: Art by Anthony Flynn

Anthony Flynn

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Essays

Rebecca LaFontaine-Larivee - Richard's Coat: Remembering Richard Irwin

Richard’s Coat: Remembering Richard Irwin

Rebecca LaFontaine-Larivee

The Seed

The Seed

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

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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