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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

‘Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Alchemy and Individuation by William Bishop

“Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind”: Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Alchemy and Individuation by William Bishop

William Bishop

17 Syllables: The Death of Traditional Haiku

M.A. Barrett

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Photo by Robert Wilson. Used by permission.

Notes on Three Lost Poems by Gregory Corso

Gregory Stephenson

Padden mist / credit: em

Two poems by Faizan Syed

Faizan Syed

More Poetry

Beat Generation

In honor of Jack’s birthday: 4 Kerouac videos

Empty Mirror

On the Road illustartion copyright Paul Rogers

David Handley interviews Paul Rogers about his work & the On the Road illustrations

David Handley

alan ansen 1973

In Memory of Poet Alan Ansen: Biography, Books & Links

Denise Enck

The Creative Birth of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Creative Birth

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Giinnie Gardiner - Aerial (detail)

The Enfolded: Collage Paintings by Ginnie Gardiner

Ginnie Gardiner

(detail) visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

Chocolate, Cigar and Orange Pekoe: visual poems by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

More Art

Essays

All Night You Dream of Ice and In the Morning Wake to a Skiff of Snow

Maya Jewell Zeller

Edward Albee Speaks

Edward Albee Speaks

Sparrow

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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