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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

The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav

Gloria Avner’s Ten Favorite Books

Gloria Avner

V - Pynchon

Top Ten Books List Contributed by John W.

Top Ten List Contributor

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

In Jay DeFeo ‘s Voice: Six Poems by Beth Spencer

Beth Spencer

5 Poems by Jeff Bagato

Jeff Bagato

More Poetry

Beat Generation

David Amram / Ted Joans

David Amram: To Laura for Ted Joans

David Amram

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

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Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (8)

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Jack Kerouac - Library of America

An interview on Jack Kerouac and Library of America

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Calcutta: Photography by Buku Sarkar

Calcutta: Photographs by Buku Sarkar

Buku Sarkar

Aesop (detail) - Alec Clayton

In the Jungle: Abstract Paintings of Life in the Wild

Alec Clayton

More Art

Essays

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Surfacing the Toxins

Audrey Burges

Art has side effects, I said - Bobbi Lurie - Marcel Duchamp

“Art has side effects,” I said.

Bobbi Lurie

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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