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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

jack kerouac upper peninsula diary

The Jack Kerouac Upper Peninsula Diary by t. kilgore splake, reviewed

Denise Enck

steppenwolf

Gary A.’s Ten Favorite Books

Top Ten List Contributor

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

whitman ii collage - d.e.

Free Speech Cantos – Michael Ceraolo

Michael Ceraolo

gramophone

Two poems by Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg - HOWL

The Howl Hat

Jason Stoneking

beat beat beat

The Beat Generation vs. “Beatniks”

Denise Enck

And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead: a review of the Bob Kaufman documentary

Jared Feldschreiber

Ted Joans Lives

Ted Joans Lives! Michael Hayward, Jake Lamar, Bernie Mindich, and Guy Pierre Buchholtzer

Empty Mirror

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

J.I. Kleinberg - word collages

6 found-word collages by J.I. Kleinberg

J. I. Kleinberg

Rik Lina - Leporello

Rik Lina Painting a Leporello

Rik Lina

More Art

Essays

International Times launch party flyer and debut issue / image credit: http://www.international-times.org.uk/ITarchive.htm

London 1966: I.T., the Camel, and a Song Named Me

Gloria Avner

on painting on

On Painting On

Nanette Jordan

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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