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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

Poetry as a Last Letter: Thomas James and his Influences Sylvia Plath and Georg Trakl by Lauren Davis

Poetry as a Last Letter: Thomas James and his Influences Sylvia Plath and Georg Trakl

Lauren Davis

An interview with author Vanessa Blakeslee

Our Ironic Conditions are Shooting Back at Us: A Conversation with Vanessa Blakeslee

Madison Jade and Vanessa Blakeslee

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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A Variable. A Choice. by Gervanna Gravity Stephens

Gervanna Gravity Stephens

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Three poems by Michael O’Shaughnessy

Michael O'Shaughnessy

More Poetry

Beat Generation

David Amram / Ted Joans

David Amram: To Laura for Ted Joans

David Amram

ted joans photo by larry keenan (lo res)

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Keith Scotcher and Larry Keenan

Empty Mirror

AD Winans remembers Bob Kaufman

A.D. Winans Remembers Bob Kaufman

A.D. Winans

boundary road, with blueberries

Juxtaposition of Wor[l]ds: The Cultural and Literary Legacy of the Beat Generation

Eric V. Patterson

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Regenerate (detail) painting by Amy Guidry

In Our Veins: Paintings by Amy Guidry

Amy Guidry

Hush Now Little Baby (detail) - Adrian Jugaru

Six collages by Adrian Jugaru

Adrian Jugaru

More Art

Essays

All Night You Dream of Ice and In the Morning Wake to a Skiff of Snow

Maya Jewell Zeller

White Jesus -- Todd Clouser

White Jesus – A reflection on summer camp and Charlottesville

Todd Clouser

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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