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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

Oscar Wilde - De Profundis

That Deadly Lord Douglas: Oscar Wilde and De Profundis

Kenton Crowther

Jason Stoneking and Celia Daley

Bespoke Books: An interview with Jason Stoneking

Jason Stoneking and Celia Galey

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Carl Solomon - Mishaps, Perhaps

Two Songs for Samson: An Invective Poem for Carl Solomon

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

the door / credit: em

Long Before the Peaceful Song: Poems

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Tangier

My meeting with Paul Bowles in Tangier, 1980

Mark Blickley

Gotham Book Mart - Evan P. Cordes

Being Michael Brownstein – Thomas Locicero

Thomas Locicero

Allen Ginsberg - HOWL

The Howl Hat

Jason Stoneking

an interview with Carolyn Cassady

For Beat’s Sake: An Interview with Carolyn Cassady

Jon Alan Carroll

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Hush Now Little Baby (detail) - Adrian Jugaru

Six collages by Adrian Jugaru

Adrian Jugaru

Nanette Jordan collage art

Portrait Collages by Nanette Jordan

Nanette Jordan

More Art

Essays

This High

Ben Shaberman

How to Be Silent in German

How to be silent in German

Kasia van Schaik

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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