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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

Remembering poet Lawrence McGaugh

Denise Enck

Slow Dance Bullets by Meaghan Quinn

A conversation with poet Meaghan Quinn

Lauren Davis and Meaghan Quinn

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

any day america

America – a poem by A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans

Summer’s Onslaught Edging Into May

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

The Beatific Soul: A film about John J Dorfner

The Beatific Soul: A film featuring Kerouac biographer John J. Dorfner

John J. Dorfner

Here to Learn: Remembering Paul Bowles by Mark Terrill

Here to Learn: Remembering Paul Bowles by Mark Terrill

Mark Terrill

photo by Bruno Cervera / Unsplash

Blowing: Poetry Meets Music in the Writing of the Beat Generation

Eric V. Patterson

Kerouac and Van Gogh -- Paul Maher Jr.

This is IT: Van Gogh and Kerouac

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Son of Daedalus: poem with 2 paintings by Joost de Jonge

Joost de Jonge

Shelter from the Storm 10 (detail) - James Williams Jr.

Shelter from the Storm: Photographs by James Williams Jr.

James Williams Jr.

More Art

Essays

Are Made Of - essay by Tomoé Hill

Are Made Of

Tomoé Hill

eyes on 8 by Emilie Kneifel

eyes on / horizon by Emilie Kneifel

Emilie Kneifel

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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