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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

Victor Serge by Douglas Penick

At Liberation’s Heart: A (Self) Portrait of Victor Serge

Douglas Penick

Susan Howe / Federalist 10 essay

Susan Howe’s Federalist 10: a literary approach to colonial America

Leticia del Toro

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Glass Beach / credit: d.e

Four poems by Mark Terrill

Mark Terrill

in the bois des rappes / image credit: dre

4 Poems by Larry Beckett

Larry Beckett

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg College Censorship - Pavan - Loretta Graceffo

Resisting the Thought Police: The Untold Story of Allen Ginsberg’s Stand Against College Censorship

Loretta Graceffo

Henri Cru in Greenwich Village, 1987. Photo courtesy of Henri Cru.

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

Big Sur - Kerouac

Prelude to Big Sur: Kerouac in Spring & Summer 1960

Paul Maher Jr.

Big Sur film - Kerouac

Jack Kerouac – “Big Sur” Movie Trailer

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Bride - Rehan Miskci

Void: Photography of Displacement

Rehan Miskci

1Icarus (detail) - Joost de Jonge

Icarus: Paintings by Joost de Jonge

Joost de Jonge

More Art

Essays

Panic Drapes the Look of the World: Literary Treatment for Anxiety in an Uncertain Age

Emily Sinclair

Lexington Avenue by Jeffrey Zeldman

Lexington Avenue

Buku Sarkar

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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