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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

“Write What My Spirit Demands”: An Interview with Devorah Major on Writing in Multiple Genres

Rochelle Spencer and Devorah Major

Rosamund Lehmann

Aching for Meaning: The Work of Novelist Rosamond Lehmann

Kathryn Hummel

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Poems by Krisztián Tóbiás, translated by Károly Sándor Pallai

Poems by Krisztián Tóbiás, translated by Károly Sándor Pallai

Krisztián Tóbiás and Károly Pallai

railroad tracks

We Are Jack Kerouac

Sarah Sarai

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

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

Denise Enck

Kerouac notebooks

Are There Any Good Unpublished Kerouac Books Left?

Paul Maher Jr.

Harry Nudel: Ted Joans LIves

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Harry Nudel

Harry Nudel

Gregory Corso mug shot -- prison

Poetic Licence: The Crime and Hard Time of Gregory Corso, or A Portrait of the Poet as a Young Felon

Gregory Stephenson

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Popcorn Clouds (detail), William Clarkson

Seven Cloud Paintings by William Clarkson

William Clarkson

Western (detail) - Kareem Rizk

Collages by Kareem Rizk

Kareem Rizk

More Art

Essays

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The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

Sara Coleridge

My Coleridge: On Five Poems by Sara Coleridge

Stephanie Limb

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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