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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

At the Intersection of Linguistics and Literary Criticism: Objectivist Methodology in the Creation of Metalanguage(s) in Alain Robbe-Grillet’s La Jalousie

Preston Taylor Stone

Faces on the Tip of My Tongue - Emmanuelle Pagano

Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano: Nataliya Deleva interviews translators Sophie Lewis and Jennifer Higgins

Nataliya Deleva, Sophie Lewis and Jennifer Higgins

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Poetry

Five

5 Poems by Sam Silva

Sam Silva

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3 poems by Cooper Wilhelm

Cooper Wilhelm

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Beat Generation

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

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The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

The Creative Birth of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Creative Birth

Paul Maher Jr.

Kerouac: The Last Quarter Century by Gerald Nicosia book review

Kerouac: The Last Quarter Century by Gerald Nicosia, reviewed by Kevin Riordan

Kevin Riordan

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Verboten by Samy Sfoggia

Photography: Verboten by Samy Sfoggia

Samy Sfoggia

Rock Art (detail) by Fabio Sassi

Rock Art – Photographs by Fabio Sassi

Fabio Sassi

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Essays

d nolan jefferson

They Saved Me from Myself by D. Nolan Jefferson

D. Nolan Jefferson

credit: Orlova Maria

Food Service, by Caitlin Sellnow

Caitlin Sellnow

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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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