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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

Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller Collage

Henry and Me

Steve Wheeler

Edward Field and partner Neil

Secret of the Masters: An Interview with Poet Edward Field

James Schwartz

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

image: de/em

Two poems by Irène Mathieu

Irène Mathieu

at the fragrance garden / credit: de

Three poems by Andrew Shattuck McBride

Andrew Shattuck McBride

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Gotham Book Mart - Evan P. Cordes

Being Michael Brownstein – Thomas Locicero

Thomas Locicero

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (2)

Empty Mirror

poet and painter Kay Johnson / Beat Hotel resident

Poet Kay Johnson, aka Kaja

David Gitin

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

visual poetry (detail) - nico vassilakis

Pre Word: ego is dead. Visual poetry by Nico Vassilakis

Nico Vassilakis

The place where someone's waiting for me (detail) : collage by hiromi suzuki

The place where someone’s waiting for me: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

More Art

Essays

Marlie Centawer - a toast to ti-jean in a liverpool gloom saloon

a toast to ti-jean in a liverpool gloom saloon

Marlie Centawer

Darla

Notes on the Sacred Art of Dog Walking

Chris La Tray

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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