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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

Jitterbug Pefume

Peter’s Top Ten Favorite Books

Top Ten List Contributor

Howl by Allen Ginsberg / Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko / Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich.

Cry, Exploration, Ceremony

Winnie Khaw

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

semiahmoo / credit: em

from Borderline Fortune: Three poems by Teresa K. Miller

Teresa K. Miller

Detroit, Airport

Todd Clouser

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kill Your Darlings Movie Trailer

Beat Generation film – Kill Your Darlings trailer released!

Empty Mirror News

A.D. Winans & Jack Micheline in 1996

A.D. Winans Remembers Jack Micheline

A.D. Winans

Laura Corsiglia and Ted Joans

Remembering Ted Joans – Beat / Surrealist Poet & Artist

Denise Enck

Mary Norbert Korte

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Ice Bone (detail) - Judith Skillman painting

Six paintings by Judith Skillman

Judith Skillman

Trembling Facade (detail) Tony Rickaby

Altered Facades by Tony Rickaby

Tony Rickaby

More Art

Essays

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part IV) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

Body Bereft of Fitton Farm - Justine Fitton

Body Bereft of Fitton Farm

Justine Fitton

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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