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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

Is That You Simon? Akbar Del Piombo

Mutinous Jester: The Collage Novels of Akbar Del Piombo

Gregory Stephenson

Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts - Jorie Graham

“No, this was all first person”: Revisiting Jorie Graham’s Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts

Timothy Duffy

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

lunar alchemy

3 poems by Matthew Woodman

Matthew Woodman

Rocket Ship Mural

3 Poems by Nate Maxson

Nate Maxson

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jerry Kamstra Weed, reviewed

On the Dangerous Edge of Things: Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler by Jerry Kamstra, reviewed by Gregory Stephenson

Gregory Stephenson

goodbye, ted joans - jack foley

Jack Foley: Goodbye, Ted Joans

Jack Foley

Pete Winslow - Surrealist / Beat Poet

Pete Winslow, Beat/Surrealist Poet

Denise Enck

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

For collectors: where and how to buy Beat Generation books (and others)

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

what will you remember (detail) - visual poetry by sophie anne edwards

sophie anne edwards: Ice Poems

sophie anne edwards

Grafik 4 (detail) collage by Kon Markogiannis

Six new collages by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

More Art

Essays

Joseph Magnin dress salon

Sleevelessness: Growing Up in Midcentury San Francisco by Nanette Jordan

Nanette Jordan

photo by Daniel Tseng / unsplash

Intimacy with Doors

Bára Hladík

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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