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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

Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer censorship

“My Friend the Censor”: Henry Miller, Huntington Cairns, and Tropic of Cancer

Arthur Hoyle

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake's Influence on Allen Ginsberg by Alexandre Ferrere

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake’s Influence on Allen Ginsberg

Alexandre Ferrere

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Poetry

No Meaning: 4 poems by Michael Lehman

Michael Lehman

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Four poems by María DeGuzmán

María DeGuzmán

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Beat Generation

city lights books

A.D. Winans on A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans

Jack Kerouac - Library of America

An interview on Jack Kerouac and Library of America

Paul Maher Jr.

Kerouac: On the Binge by Kenton Crowther

Book Review – Kenton Crowther’s Kerouac on the Binge

Denise Enck

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (10)

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Eastern Seaboard (detail) - Andrea Burgay

Mining the Ruins: Andrea Burgay

Andrea Burgay

Mary's - Ice Cream by Dana Stirling

Mary’s: Photographs

Dana Stirling

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Essays

Aztek peak fire lookout - John Yohe / Edward Abbey

Aztec Summer

John Yohe

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Endless Preface to an Imaginary Work

Evelynn Black

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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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