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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

Was Roosevelt Reciting Poetry?

Was Roosevelt Reciting Poetry?: The Need for a New Prosody

Dustin Junkert

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Oval - D. Raphael

Six poems by Alfred K. LaMotte

Alfred K. LaMotte

no. 9 / d.enck

Three poems by John T. Trigonis

John T. Trigonis

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (7)

Empty Mirror

Kerouac and Van Gogh -- Paul Maher Jr.

This is IT: Van Gogh and Kerouac

Paul Maher Jr.

Allen Ginsberg - HOWL

The Howl Hat

Jason Stoneking

Ted Joans Lives!

Ted Joans Lives! A Tribute

Empty Mirror

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Yen Yen - Rainbow Stacks (detail) watercolor

Everything is Zero Calorie: Watercolors by Yen Yen

Yen Yen

BIOMES: Paintings by Jonathan Matteson

Jonathan Matteson

More Art

Essays

Sait Faik Abasiyanik

Sait Faik Abasiyanik: The Man Who Faithfully Embraces the World

Nazli Karabiyikoglu

Lexington Avenue by Jeffrey Zeldman

Lexington Avenue

Buku Sarkar

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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