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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

Edward Field and partner Neil

Secret of the Masters: An Interview with Poet Edward Field

James Schwartz

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

off five-forty-two / credit: em

Four poems for Empty Mirror by rob mclennan

rob mclennan

poem by Sam Silva

Pagan Days

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Harry Nudel: Ted Joans LIves

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Harry Nudel

Harry Nudel

T. Paul Ste.. Marie and Ted Joans

Ted Joans Lives! Words by T. Paul Ste. Marie

T. Paul Ste. Marie

Allen Ginsberg College Censorship - Pavan - Loretta Graceffo

Resisting the Thought Police: The Untold Story of Allen Ginsberg’s Stand Against College Censorship

Loretta Graceffo

David Amram, Ed Heflin & Joe Kerouac. © Ed Heflin, 2003

An Interview with David Amram: By Your Works Ye Shall Be Known

Ed Heflin

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

visual poetry (detail) - nico vassilakis

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

Nico Vassilakis

Say When (detail) - Lita Kenyon

Certain People by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

More Art

Essays

Mystery Forest - Denise Enck

The Poetry of Walking

Wendy Gist

after the rains / credit: em

Flash Flood and Visitation

Brandon Noel

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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