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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

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Wankers, Burds, and Skag: Heteroglossia in Trainspotting

Stacey Mankoff

In Xochitl In Cuicatl: Poets Nezahualcoyotl and Humberto Ak’abal by Jose Trejo Maya

In Xochitl In Cuicatl: Poets Nezahualcoyotl and Humberto Ak’abal

Jose Trejo Maya

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

drew gardner poems

Poems by Drew Gardner

Drew Gardner

rain girl

Abused Letters of Hope

Serkan Engin

More Poetry

Beat Generation

City Lights Bookstore window

A. D. Winans Looks Back at the Beat Generation

A.D. Winans

Dr. Sax by Jack Kerouac

Dr. Sax by Jack Kerouac, reviewed by Eric D. Lehman

Eric D. Lehman

Jack Kerouac and Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison and Jack Kerouac

Jim Cherry

On the Road manuscript scroll - Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Manuscript Scroll

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Bride - Rehan Miskci

Void: Photography of Displacement

Rehan Miskci

atmosphere 01 (detail) - Carlyle Baker

New Art by Carlyle Baker

Carlyle Baker

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Essays

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When Fear Sets In

Marina Flores

lake padden

Something About Rage and the Light Dying

Jason Hardung

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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