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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

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella's Magical Accessory

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella’s Magical Accessory

Robert Boucheron

Beatitude by Larry Closs

Book review: Beatitude, a novel by Larry Closs

Denise Enck

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

steve dalachinsky poem

the leaves are changing

Steve Dalachinsky

overland

Civilization’s Lost: Poems by Jeff Bagato

Jeff Bagato

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (8)

Empty Mirror

Why Kerouac? Rick Dale

Why Kerouac?

Rick Dale

The Rebirth of the Author in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Eric V. Patterson

beat beat beat

The Beat Generation vs. “Beatniks”

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Hush Now Little Baby (detail) - Adrian Jugaru

Six collages by Adrian Jugaru

Adrian Jugaru

what remains (detail) - Kelly Schaub mixed media collage

Abstract Musings: Kelly Schaub’s mixed media collages

Kelly Schaub

More Art

Essays

Are Made Of - essay by Tomoé Hill

Are Made Of

Tomoé Hill

Plain Sight by Matt Dube

Plain Sight

Matt Dube

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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