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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

poet Risa Denenberg and her book, slight faith

A Conversation with Risa Denenberg

Lauren Davis and Risa Denenberg

L - art by D. Enck

“I am a deserter” — Marcel Duchamp

Bobbi Lurie

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

lichen - Denise Enck

Todd Clouser: five poems from the Forest in Hidalgo

Todd Clouser

Lake

Two poems by Nicole Burney

Nicole Burney

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Henri Cru in Greenwich Village, 1987. Photo courtesy of Henri Cru.

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

Michael McClure

La Picaudiere - and Hundertwasser's Honey

La Picaudiere — and Hundertwasser’s Honey

Kenneth Tindall

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

rik lina - painting - surrealist - featured image

Rik Lina: 5 Paintings

Rik Lina

Agnes Denes Tree Mountain - A Living Time Capsule (detail)- 11,000 Trees, 11,000 People, 400 Years (Triptych) 1992-1996, 1992/2013 Type-C print 36 x 36 inches Copyright Agnes Denes, courtesy Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York

Minimizing Monetization Earth: Agnes Denes’ Art

John K Grande

More Art

Essays

photo by Yuxiang Zhang

Spot the Differences

Taylor Byas

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

Maya Jewell Zeller

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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