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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

Boats for Women - poems by Sandra Yannone

Boats for Women: An Interview with Poet Sandra Yannone

Lauren Davis and Sandra Yannone

jerusalem bible

Mark A.’s Top Ten Books List

Top Ten List Contributor

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Jack Kerouac Alley flickr photo by Gary Soup shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

A.D. Winans: Ten Poems

A.D. Winans

Poems by Kenneth Pobo

Kenneth Pobo

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, reviewed by Eric D. Lehman

Eric D. Lehman

Jack Kerouac’s “Strange Cemetery in Jamaica”

Paul Maher Jr.

grass

The Great Consciousness of Life

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Burger Burglar: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

on painting on

On Painting On

Nanette Jordan

More Art

Essays

after the rains / credit: em

Flash Flood and Visitation

Brandon Noel

On Crooked Legs of Hackberry

With Crooked Legs of Hackberry

Gregory Ormson

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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