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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

Panic In The Rear-View Mirror: Exploring The Work of Richard Siken and Ann Gale

Rhienna Renee Guedry

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Lucien Stryk: Zen in the art of translating Zen poetry

Yannis Livadas

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Berthusen -- D. Enck

Three new poems by Mark Young

Mark Young

Poems by Amy Soricelli

3 Poems by Amy Soricelli

Amy Soricelli

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

The Language of Bebop: Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

Nicole Henares

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (9)

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Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (10)

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Chris Turnbull - maybe (detail)

Vispo by Chris Turnbull

Chris Turnbull

Ryoji Ikeda’s Continuum - photo copyright Leland Buck

Swimming in the river of bits: The digital meditation of Ryoji Ikeda’s Continuum

Leland Buck

More Art

Essays

Sait Faik Abasiyanik

Sait Faik Abasiyanik: The Man Who Faithfully Embraces the World

Nazli Karabiyikoglu

the skagit trail / credit: em

Convergence

Etan Nechin

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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