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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

Chaucer and the Art of the Grift

Chaucer and the Art of the Grift

K. A. Laity

Agustín Guambo, Andean Nuclear Spring, translated by Carlos Moreno

Carlos Moreno, Translator of Agustín Guambo’s Andean Nuclear Spring, Interviewed by Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

fallen / credit: de

Two poems by Todd Dillard

Todd Dillard

riversound (detail) / credit: de

Two poems by Emily Vizzo

Emily Vizzo

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kill Your Darlings Movie Trailer

Beat Generation film – Kill Your Darlings trailer released!

Empty Mirror News

The Creative Birth of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Creative Birth

Paul Maher Jr.

Kerouac Vanity of Duluoz

Book Review — Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

Ted Joans WOW sun logo

Ted Joans Lives! Coreley Coit, Kenya Rodriguez, Valery Oisteanu, Hidani Ditmars

Empty Mirror

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

J.I. Kleinberg - word collages

6 found-word collages by J.I. Kleinberg

J. I. Kleinberg

Hand 5 (detail) - James Williams Jr.

Field Hands

James Williams Jr.

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Essays

peaches

Under His Roof

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

eyes on 8 by Emilie Kneifel

eyes on / horizon by Emilie Kneifel

Emilie Kneifel

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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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