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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

Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer censorship

“My Friend the Censor”: Henry Miller, Huntington Cairns, and Tropic of Cancer

Arthur Hoyle

Panic In The Rear-View Mirror: Exploring The Work of Richard Siken and Ann Gale

Rhienna Renee Guedry

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Riverside Columbia / credit: de

Three poems by Constance Bacchus

Constance Bacchus

riversound (detail) / credit: de

Two poems by Emily Vizzo

Emily Vizzo

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Carl Solomon - Mishaps, Perhaps

Two Songs for Samson: An Invective Poem for Carl Solomon

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

Mario Cesariny by Carlos Botelho

Remembering Surrealist Mario Cesariny

Denise Enck

ginsberg-orlovsky-stephenson

Passing Through: Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky in Copenhagen, January 1983

Gregory Stephenson

Allen Ginsberg College Censorship - Pavan - Loretta Graceffo

Resisting the Thought Police: The Untold Story of Allen Ginsberg’s Stand Against College Censorship

Loretta Graceffo

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Say When (detail) - Lita Kenyon

Certain People by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

Collage by Gloria Avner

Seven Artworks by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

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Essays

Threshold_2 (detail) Tara K Shepersky

Conversations at Thresholds: a Contemplative Offering

Tara K. Shepersky

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part III) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

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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